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TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE
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The nation needs a strategy to reduce the death and disability caused by use of tobacco products. That strategy may develop out of a renascent public debate about tobacco control policies that has intensified over the past three years. When the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its 1994 report, Growing Up Tobacco Free,1 prospects for federal action were highly uncertain. That same year, the surgeon general's report was also focused on youth tobacco use.2 Prospects for tobacco control grew brighter when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asserted jurisdiction over tobacco products, with strong presidential support, state attorneys general brought suit against tobacco firms on a new legal basis, and class-action lawsuits became more palpable threats to the financial future of private tobacco firms. Media coverage of these events and revelations of hitherto secret files and depositions from former tobacco firm employees has been intense. These and other developments have resulted in a vigorous national debate about tobacco control among the various groups with a stake in tobacco policy—tobacco firms, state attorneys general and health officials, public health groups, tobacco growers, tobacco control advocates, and others. Attention now focuses on the U.S. Congress and the executive branch, which are seriously considering federal legislation.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-59174-0
NONE
Business Policy and Strategy
English
1998
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