Open AccessThe tobacco industry, state politics, and tobacco education in California.
Author(s) -
Michael E. Begay,
Michael Traynor,
Stanton A. Glantz
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.9.1214
Subject(s) - tobacco industry , tobacco control , legislature , politics , revenue , public administration , mandate , state (computer science) , political science , commission , economics , business , public health , medicine , finance , law , nursing , algorithm , computer science
Proposition 99 added 25 cents to the California state cigarette tax and mandated that 20% of the new revenues be spent on tobacco education and prevention programs. This paper examines the implementation of these programs and the tobacco industry's response to Proposition 99.