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The legislature placed Proposition II on the ballot through the passage of House Bill 1290 this year

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Reasonable alternative standards Employees who complete a wellness programs reasonable alternative standard to avoid a tobacco surcharge must receive the entire benefit (the removal of the surcharge) retroactive to the start of the plan year

This discrepancy between studies may be attributed to differences in sample characteristics, sampling techniques, or the types of cigarettes smoked by the participants

"The industry hated this idea and they used their very potent political lobbying power to stifle it in every state." Archival tobacco industry documents show why the companies objected, says Stan Glantz, the director of University of California San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education

Test results can be influenced by the type of sample, frequency of nicotine use, individual metabolism, and exposure to secondhand or thirdhand smoke