Tobacco: retailer disclosures.

Existing law expresses the Legislature's findings and declarations that smoking is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to require the State Department of Public Health, local lead agencies, and the State Department of Education to cooperatively and individually conduct activities directed at the prevention of tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. This bill would require licensed preowned vehicle retailers, as defined, to provide customers with a specified tobacco residue disclosure at the point of sale and prior to transfer of ownership. The bill would require these retailers to make the disclosure separate from the purchase agreement and would also require the customer to sign the disclosure.