One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to eliminate laws that preempt stronger tobacco-control laws (objective no. 27-19).
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What is Preemption? Preemption is legislation that preempts or takes away local control and sets a statewide standard. Pre-emptive legislation is usually less stringent than local ordinances.
Once a preemptive law is enacted, it overrides all local tobacco control policies throughout the state and prohibits communities from enacting laws that vary from the state law.
Preemption & Smoke-Free Air The public health and medical communities strongly oppose any attempts to add preemptive language to a statewide smoke-free law. Preemption significantly undermines Wisconsin's ability to reduce the death, disease, and disability caused by exposure to secondhand smoke through enacting effective smoke-free policies at the state and local level.
