Open AccessThe Next Chapter of the Tobacco Wars: Unpacking the Latest Round of Constitutional Challenges
Author(s) -
Diana Bowman,
Michael Bennett
Publication year - 2013
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.2013.301419
Subject(s) - unpacking , legislature , tobacco industry , intellectual property , tobacco control , window of opportunity , administration (probate law) , political science , business , law and economics , law , public health , economics , medicine , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , nursing , aerospace engineering
We have considered the tobacco industry's challenges to legislative attempts to provide more health-related information on retail packaging. The first issue is taking and acquiring the industry's intellectual property in Australia. The second challenge involves the tensions between graphic images and the First Amendment in the United States. We have argued that the Obama administration should take advantage of the current window of opportunity to aggressively restrict the industry's control of its products.