(a)  Local lead agencies shall attempt to ensure that preventive education against tobacco use for targeted populations is provided in a way that reaches all geographic areas of the county.

(b)  In choosing among eligible service providers available to serve the targeted populations described in subdivision (a), the local lead agency shall give priority to programs presently providing preventive health education, case management services to the targeted populations which are compatible with preventive health education against tobacco use, or other services in which preventive health education against tobacco use can be incorporated in a logical and efficient manner.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)