Executive Order 26

WHERJ::AS, WHERl::AS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, INTHE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY Of THE STATE OF IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWENTY SIX the United States Surgeon General's report emphasizes that employers should take whatever immediate action appropriate to protect nonsmokers from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; and the scientific case against involuntary smoking as a health risk is more than sufficient to justifJ remedial action; and there have been reported incidents of the purchase of cigarettes by minors in the capitol complex which is prohibited by Iowa Code Section 98 . 2; and the Governor is the chief executive of the state; the Department of General Services has the a uthority to regulate and restrict the use by the public of the capitol buildings and grounds; a nd the Department of Public Health has authority to exercise supervision over the public health. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry E . Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Law of lowa, do hereby prohibit the sale of tobacco products in the areas of buildinys under my control in the State Capitol Complex and all offices occupied by state goverrunent. ATTEST : IN TESTIMONY WHEREO~, I have here unto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed. Done at De s Moines this 31st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred eighty-six.