State Status
No Preemption
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"Target: "Eliminate laws that preempt stronger tobacco control laws...Retain year 2000 target" to "[r]educe to 0 the number of States that have clean indoor air laws preempting stronger clean indoor air laws on the local level."
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHealthy People 2010 Objectives, November 2000
Missouri
Communities around Missouri are using their local control to work on smokefree air issues. Strong smokefree laws have been enacted in a growing number of cities, including Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit and Ballwin.
To get involved in smokefree air efforts in your area, visit Breathe Easy Missouri.
Missouri law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Missouri.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2010.
Missouri's 2018 Legislative Session: January 3 - May 30
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News Summaries
- 7/31/2019States Are Thwarting Cities' Attempts to Govern Themselves
- 4/29/2019In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.
- 10/13/2017State lawmakers choose winners and losers through preemption
- 7/6/2017Blue Cities Want to Make Their Own Rules. Red States Won't Let Them.
- 5/10/2017The Threat of Super-Preemption
- 3/6/2017Preemption Prevents Innovation
- 2/21/2017City Rights in an Era of Preemption: A State-by-State Analysis
- 2/2/2017Red State, Blue City
- 1/5/2017GOP aims to rein in liberal cities
- 9/9/2016How ALEC, ACCE, and Preemption Laws are Gutting the Powers of American Cities
- 8/22/2016Blue Cities, Red States
- 6/28/2016Colorado Preemptions of Local Government: The Need for the Colorado Community Rights Amendment
- 6/23/2016State and Local Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws for Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars--United States, 2015
- 4/6/2016From Fracking Bans To Paid Sick Leave: How States Are Overruling Local Laws
- 4/1/2016Growing Southern cities are increasingly targets of state pre-emption
- 3/25/2016Beyond North Carolina's LGBT Battle: States' War on Cities
- 2/4/2016Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy
- 8/6/2015Blowing the Whistle on ALEC's Little Brother ACCE
- 7/7/2015Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State this Year
- 5/17/2015Say no: States increasingly blocking cities and counties from imposing mandates on businesses
- 5/8/2015State lawmakers hate federal meddling even as they preempt local government
- 3/30/2015The ALEC-Backed War on Local Democracy
- 2/23/2015Govern Yourselves, State Lawmakers Tell Cities, but Not Too Much
- 9/13/2014Legislature overrides governor's veto on e-cigs
- 4/22/2013State lawmaker: Penalize bans on public smoking
- 2/13/2013State bill would protect smoking at St. Charles, Lemay and Maryland Heights casinos
- 5/2/2012Missouri bill would restrict smoking bans
- 2/17/2011Mo. lawmakers propose to ban tobacco use anywhere on prison grounds
- 9/20/2010EDITORIAL: To save lives and save money, Missouri needs a statewide smoking ban
- 3/22/2010Missouri May Be Looking at a Smoke Free Future
- 2/22/2010No opposition at Senate statewide smoking ban hearing
- 2/9/2010Lawmakers Discuss Smoking Ban in All Public Places in Missouri
- 2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
- 2/2/2010Statewide smoking ban proposed in Missouri
- 10/8/2009Legal challenge to Kansas City smoking ban fails
- 5/25/2009North Carolina goes smoke-free. Why can’t we?
- 1/22/2009Mo. measure would ban smoking in public places
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