Health Promotion Practice

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

The Diabetes Educator

Click here to register today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Niemeyer, D.
Right arrow Articles by Shorty, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Niemeyer, D.
Right arrow Articles by Shorty, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 3 suppl, 21S-32S (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839904264588
© 2004 Society for Public Health Education

The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement: A Public Health Opportunity Realized—Or Lost?

Dearell Niemeyer, MPH

Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kathleen R. Miner, PhD, MPH, CHES

Applied Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Lisa M. Carlson, MPH, CHES

Katie Baer, MPH

Lawrence Shorty, MPH

Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

On November 23, 1998, a legal settlement of historic proportions took place. The five major U.S. tobacco manufacturers signed an agreement with 46 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories to settle pending lawsuits by compensating the states for Medicaid costs of treating smoking-related illness. This multistate Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) seemed to herald a new era in public health as it provided a potential source of funds for state-based tobacco-control programs (estimated at U.S.$206 billion for the first 25 years) and also banned an array of advertising and marketing efforts to attract young people to tobacco. Five years after the settlement, however, it appears that most states have not committed a significant portion of the funds for tobacco prevention efforts but rather have used the money to support other state needs. Moreover, tobacco companies have continued aggressive marketing efforts to reach youth.

Key Words: tobacco control • health policy • 1998 Master


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?