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When tobacco targets direct democracy.
Laposata, Elizabeth; Kennedy, Allison P; Glantz, Stanton A.
Afiliación
  • Laposata E; University of California, San Francisco.
  • Kennedy AP; University of California, San Francisco.
  • Glantz SA; University of California, San Francisco.
J Health Polit Policy Law ; 39(3): 537-64, 2014 Jun.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24603083
ABSTRACT
Tobacco control advocates began to use ballot initiatives to enact tobacco control measures in the late 1970s. In response, the tobacco industry worked for over two decades to change laws governing initiative and referendum processes to prevent passage of such measures. In 1981 the tobacco industry's political lobbying arm, the Tobacco Institute, created a front group that presented itself as a neutral initiative research clearinghouse to effect changes in state initiative and referenda laws. In 1990 the Tobacco Institute began creating an in-house team and worked with third-party groups to try to change state initiative laws. While the industry ultimately abandoned both efforts when neither achieved immediate success, over time the industry's goals have penetrated legitimate discourse on the initiative and referendum process in the United States, and many specific ideas it advocated have garnered mainstream support. Direct democracy advocates, as well as public health advocates and policy makers, need to understand the tobacco industry's goals (which other industries adopted) of limiting the direct democracy process to ensure that any changes do not inadvertently increase the power of the special interests that direct democracy was developed to counterbalance.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Política / Fumar / Salud Pública / Industria del Tabaco Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Health Polit Policy Law Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Política / Fumar / Salud Pública / Industria del Tabaco Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Health Polit Policy Law Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article