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Robert J. Blendon, ScD; John T. Young, MPhil

JAMA. 1998;280:1279-1284.

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INTRODUCTION

ON JUNE 17, 1998, the US Senate voted to end consideration of comprehensive antitobacco legislation.¹ The $516 billion bill was built on a blueprint developed nearly 1 year earlier in a settlement between the tobacco industry and 40 state attorneys general.

The Senate bill would have increased cigarette taxes by $1.10 per pack over several years, penalized the tobacco industry if youth smoking rates did not drop significantly, and given the Food and Drug Administration complete authority to regulate nicotine as a drug. The bill would also have included new regulations on the sale, manufacturing, labeling, and marketing of tobacco products, particularly to children. In addition, the legislation would have devoted a large share of the monies raised to health-related activities, including medical research, antismoking campaigns, and prevention research.¹

The demise of this legislation was a major defeat for public health groups, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

DATA AND METHODS

THE ISSUES

What Are Americans' General Attitudes Toward Regulating Tobacco, and How Have They Changed?

What Are the Public's Views on Various Policy Proposals to Respond to the Nation's Tobacco Problem?

Why Do Americans Think Teenagers Smoke, and How Effective Does the Public See Potential Government Efforts to Curb Teenage Smoking

What Were the Reasons for the Relatively Modest Public Support for the Enactment of Comprehensive Antismoking Legislation?

Why Is the Tobacco Issue Not Likely to Have a More Significant Effect on the 1998 Congressional Elections?

What Are the Implications of These Findings for Future Antitobacco Legislative Initiatives?

From the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass (Dr Blendon and Mr Young); and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass (Dr Blendon).

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