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The “Global Settlement” With the Tobacco Industry: 6 Years Later

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: On June 20, 1997 a group of attorneys and health advocates proposed a "global settlement" of all public and private litigation against the tobacco industry. This agreement was controversial, and the subsequent implementing legislation was defeated. We sought to determine whether the global settlement represented a "missed opportunity" or a dead end. We compared the global settlement with subsequent laws, regulations, settlements, and judgments against the tobacco industry and found that other than Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco, tobacco control advocates have achieved many of the policies included in the global settlement and several beyond it. The policies that have been developed since 1997 have advanced tobacco control substantially, often beyond the provisions of the global settlement.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.94.2.218

Authors: Michael Givel, Stanton A. Glantz

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma

Language: English

Topic: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute