FindLaw Legal News: Tobacco - Updates on tobacco law from international to local, tobacco ligitation updates, and tobacco industry documents that feature in tobacco law.
Report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Tobacco Investments - University of Michigan considers whether to own tobacco stock; a report of the committee appointed to study the question.
Tobacco Legal and Policy Issues - Papers on state laws on tobacco control, preemptive state tobacco laws, attitudes towards smoking in different states, effectiveness of tobacco control programs, and MMWR reports.
AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention - The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives.
The Effect of Tobacco Advertising Bans on Tobacco Consumption - Paper in the Journal of Health Economics; concludes that comprehensive bans reduce consumption, limited bans have little or no effect.
Anti-Tobacco Measures Prevent Cancer - California's tough anti-smoking measures and public health campaigns have resulted in a 14% decrease in lung cancer.
Corpwatch - Tobacco, Free Trade and Globalization - Articles addressing how restricting tobacco is getting harder to do as the world drops trade restrictions and economies become intertwined.
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care - Tobacco use reduction conferences, papers, research results, and best practices of interest to health plans; health effects; secondhand smoke; effectivess of media campaigns; effectiveness of quit smoking methods.
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