dc.contributor.author | Viscusi, W. Kip | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-05T00:23:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-05T00:23:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 20 Regulation 27 (1997) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/7081 | |
dc.description | article published in a journal of public affairs, politics and regulation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The 1990s have witnessed a blizzard of antismoking efforts. Hillary Clinton and a variety of supporters of the Clinton health care plan urged dramatically higher cigarette taxes to pay for expanded health insurance efforts. And many state and local governments have imposed smoking restrictions or have undertaken antismoking ad campaigns.
Those antismoking efforts recently culminated with a pro posed $368.5 billion settlement to address many liability and regulatory issues. The focal point of the bargain was the settlement of a series of lawsuits filed by the states against cigarette companies to recoup smoking-related Medicaid costs. Several state attorney generals composed the principal antismoking bargainers. Chief among them is Michael Moore, the Mississippi Attorney General who filed the first suit. The states argue that they must pay huge amounts of money to cover the higher health care costs of smoking. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 PDF (7 pages) | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Regulation | en_US |
dc.subject | Antismoking | en_US |
dc.subject | Anti-smoking | en_US |
dc.subject | Settlements | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking -- Government policy -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cigarettes -- Taxation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Health insurance -- United States -- Finance | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking -- Law and legislation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Advertising, Public service -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cigarette smokers -- Medical care -- United States -- Costs | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cigarette industry -- Law and legislation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Products liability -- Tobacco -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tobacco industry -- Law and legislation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | State governments -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tobacco use -- Law and legislation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tobacco use -- Health aspects -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smoking -- Economic aspects -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tobacco use -- Economic aspects -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tobacco products -- Taxation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Actions and defenses -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Compromise (Law) -- United States | en_US |
dc.title | From Cash Crop to Cash Cow | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |