Open AccessThe defeat of Philip Morris' 'California Uniform Tobacco Control Act'.
Author(s) -
Heather MacDonald,
Stella Aguinaga,
Stanton A. Glantz
Publication year - 1997
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.87.12.1989
Subject(s) - tobacco control , legislation , tobacco industry , public health , proposition , secondhand smoke , control (management) , public administration , state (computer science) , environmental health , political science , public relations , medicine , law , management , economics , nursing , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm , computer science
This paper describes the strategies used by Philip Morris and other tobacco companies to promote a California initiative (Proposition 188) preempting local control of tobacco and those used by public health groups to defeat the initiative.