California Proposition 5, Ban Smoking in Enclosed Public Places Initiative (1978)
| California Proposition 5 | |
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| Election date November 7, 1978 | |
| Topic Tobacco | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
A "yes" vote supported banning smoking in enclosed public places, places of employment, and educational and health facilities. |
A "no" vote opposed banning smoking in enclosed public places, places of employment, and educational and health facilities. |
Election results
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California Proposition 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 3,125,148 | 45.64% | ||
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3,721,682 | 54.36% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 5 was as follows:
| “ | Regulation of Smoking. Initiative Statute. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Requires restaurants to establish nonsmoking sections in dining areas. Prohibits employment discrimination based on exercise of rights provided by this statute. Permits stricter local government smoking regulations. Requires posting of signs designating areas where smoking is unlawful. Allows Legislature to amend consistent with intent of this statute. Provides penalties for violations. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Fiscal impact statement
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:
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Modest cost to state and to individual local governments for purchase, installation of NO SMOKING signs in public buildings. Minor enforcement costs. Possible cost to alter public employee working facilities to accommodate smoking employees. If proposition leads to significant reduction in smoking, could result in substantial reduction in health and other smoking related government costs and would result in substantial reduction in state and local sales, cigarette tax collections.[1] |
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Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated statutes filed in 1978, at least 312,404 valid signatures were required.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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