American Legacy Foundation

Government, public health, tobacco company officials discuss youth smoking

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, October 29th, 2004

The American Legacy Foundation joined other public health leaders at a triennial conference with state attorneys general (AGs) and tobacco industry representatives in Burlington, Vermont.

The foundation is sharing preliminary results from its truth campaign, one of several efforts that have contributed significantly to reducing youth smoking to its lowest level in 28 years.

Participants in the conference were parties to the master settlement agreement (MSA) between 46 state attorneys general and the major tobacco companies. This is the first joint meeting of the AGs, industry and public health advocates since a little-known sunset clause in the MSA...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2004-10-29)

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