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Sent 1: (CNN) -- Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind.
Sent 2: The state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country.
Sent 3: California was first to require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws.
Sent 4: While these laws were met with skepticism and ridicule, they've often become standard practice in other states.
Sent 5: The Golden State was first to ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants in 1998.
Sent 6: Now similar rules exist throughout the country.
Sent 7: Some advocates tout the state as a forward-thinking vanguard in which its health and safety laws are routinely emulated by other states.
Sent 8: "There have been progressive legislations in tobacco, environment and obesity prevention," said Mark Horton, a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.
Sent 9: "In some respect, the rest of the country looks to California as a laboratory for moving forward with those various types of initiatives."
Sent 10: But some critics liken the Golden State to a nanny state.
Sent 11: California has 151,002 health and safety laws.
Sent 12: "It never ends," said Laer Pearce, who works in public affairs in Orange County.
Sent 13: "Every year, several hundred bills come through and dozens of them tell us how to live our lives."
Sent 14: Starting in January, 760 new California laws went into effect -- for example, the importing of shark fins is prohibited, student athletes are required to have medical clearance after suffering a head injury, teens are banned from using tanning booths and the sale of caffeinated beer is forbidden.
Sent 15: There's a perception that California has "more folks who are health-oriented and more health-minded," said Horton, former director of the California Department of Public Health.
Sent 16: It's not just workout fanatics hanging out at Muscle Beach, Sierra Club members hiking mountains or the uber-health-conscious touting organic foods.
Sent 17: Californians in general tend to have healthier habits, ranking 10th for physical activity, fourth for healthy blood pressure and fifth for a diet high in fruits and vegetables compared with other states, according to America's Health Rankings.

Question: What is California's state nickname? (false/0)

Question: The famous "Muscle Beach" is located in which state? (true/1)

Texas
Washington
Florida
Georgia

Question: What major public health initiatives were first passed in California? (false/2)

Backseat seat belt law
Require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws
Anti tanning laws
Anti-happy Meal law
The amber alert law
California was first to require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws

Question: In 1998, which state became the first to ban smoking in work places? (false/3)

Question: What are some of California's trendsetting practices? (true/4)

Rent a bike program
Require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws
Antismoking initiatives, bike helmet laws, obesity prevention initiatives
Education voucher system
Legalizing marijuana
Skateboarding, Silicon Valley, hippies, and was the first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country like requiring smog checks for clean air, passing anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws. They also passes smoking bans in work places and restaurants
Using tanning booths

Question: What does the rest of the county think of California as according to Mark Horton? (true/5)

They are bossy
That they are a good example in over-controlling the citizens
That they are a nanny state
That they are a "laboratory"
Looks to California as a laboratory for moving forward with those various types of initiatives
They are too controlling of citizens
They stretch the law where it shouldn't go
The rest of the country looks to California as a laboratory for passing public health initiatives
That they are crazy

Question: Why is there a perception that Californians are more health conscious? (true/6)

Question: Why do some advocates believe that California is a forward thinking vanguard? (true/7)

Its health and safety laws are routinely emulated by other states.There have been progressive legislations in tobacco, environment and obesity prevention. Also, the state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country
Its health and safety laws are routinely emulated by other states
Because they have pioneered major public health initiatives
Because of television
They have legalized marijuana
They are tough on crime
They are battling the Heroine Craze

Question: What is another name for The Golden State? (false/8)

The Healthy State
The Nanny State
The Desert State
The Bridge State

Question: What rules exist throughout the country because of a California ban? (true/9)

Obesity Practices Ban
Legalization of Marijuana
Require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws
Anti tanning laws
Ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants in 1998
Marijuana use on College Campuses
No smoking
Smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants
No tanning

Question: Why do some critics describe the Golden State as a nanny state? (true/10)

Because it has more nannies than a lot of states
Because of the biggest child care industry
There are too many health and safety laws
They tell people what to do
This is because California has 151,002 health and safety laws
Here are many children
Every year, several hundred bills come through

Question: What are some major public health initiatives that California pioneered? (false/11)

Question: What was the initial feeling about these major public health initiatives? (true/12)

Widespread support
The public believed it was in the best interest of everyone
Were met with skepticism and ridicule, they've often become standard practice in other states
People were skeptical
The public was angry at being told what to do
Everyone loved them
Skepticism and ridicule

Question: What state became the first to pass major public health initiatives? (true/13)

Question: What was the first state to pass major public health initiatives? (true/14)

Question: Who is Mark Horton? (true/15)

A lecturer at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
The Attorney General
Former director of the California Department of Public health
The California Secretary of Social Services
A Doctor at San Francisco Medical Center
Mark Horton is the first to pass major public health initiatives
Public affairs in Orange County

Question: What brought about the perception that California has more safety and health conscious individuals? (true/16)

They get sick less than other states
They attend universities more regularly
It's expensive
They have healthier habits
They weigh less
California has 151,002 health and safety laws. Also, Californians in general tend to have healthier habits, ranking 10th for physical activity, fourth for healthy blood pressure and fifth for a diet high in fruits and vegetables compared with other states, according to America's Health Rankings
There are many children
There are few workout fanatics hanging out at the beach
Californians in general tend to have healthier habits, ranking 10th for physical activity, fourth for healthy blood pressure and fifth for a diet high in fruits and vegetables compared with other states, according to America's Health Rankings

Question: The former director of the California Department of Public health is a professor at which university? (true/17)

Question: What are a few public health initiatives that California passed? (true/18)

Antiobesity initiatives, antismoking initiatives, smog checks, and bicycle helmets
Backseat seat belt law
Organic food
Require smog checks for clean air, pass anti-tobacco initiatives and bike helmets laws
Anti tanning
Anti-happy Meal law
Require smog checks for clean air, pass anit-tobacco initiatives
The amber alert law

Question: Why do some critics call California the nanny state? (true/19)

There are too many health and safety laws
They tell people what to do
California has 151,002 health and safety laws. Every year, several hundred bills come through and dozens of them tell us how to live our lives
California has 151,002 health and safety laws
They have healthier habits
They have more nannies per capita
Every year, several hundred bills come through
There are many children

Question: Why might someone say California is a lab for moving forward with new initiatives? (true/20)

They have the largest population of any state
Because other states pay them to try new initiatives first
California passed and tested initiatives in environment and public health that the rest of the country adopted
Because they have pioneered major public health initiatives
The state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country
They have more nannies
They donate more money to charity