Open AccessThe politics of addiction: Status of the tobacco settlement
Author(s) -
Seffrin John R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.48.2.81
Subject(s) - tobacco control , legislation , tobacco industry , politics , chief executive officer , addiction , public health , settlement (finance) , public administration , legalization , political science , tobacco use , officer , environmental health , law , medicine , business , management , psychiatry , nursing , economics , finance , payment , population
The enactment of an effective national tobacco control policy is a needed first step toward reducing smoking, controlling the tobacco industry, and significantly reducing tobacco-related disease and death. Dr. Seffrin, Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society, outlines the critical public health measures that the ACS is working to see included in comprehensive federal tobacco control legislation.