## OVERVIEW. In 1988, Californians passed Proposition 99, which raised the tobacco tax from 10 cents to 35 cents and allocated 20% of the resulting revenues, approximately $100 million, for tobacco education and 5% for tobacco-related research. Seventy percent was allocated for health care costs
Getting key players to work together and defending against diversion-Massachusetts
โ Scribed by Candace Pierce-Lavin; Lori Fresina
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
OVERVIEW.
In this report, the authors trace the development of an effective statewide tobacco control program following victory at the Massachusetts polls in 1992.
They examine the pitfalls standing in the way of coalition building and present important lessons for states in similar positions.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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