Implications for Tobacco Control of the Multistate Tobacco Settlement
Richard A. Daynard, JD, PhD,
Wendy Parmet, JD,
Graham Kelder, JD and
Patricia Davidson, JD
Richard A. Daynard is with the Tobacco Control Resource Center, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Mass. Wendy Parmet is with the Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Mass. Graham Kelder is with the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards, Cambridge. Patricia Davidson is with the Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Wendy Parmet, JD, School of Law, Northeastern University, 400 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: w.parmet{at}neu.edu).
The 1998 master settlement agreement between major tobacco manufacturersand the US states will have a profound effect on many tobaccoindustry practices and will significantly influence future settlementswith the tobacco industry. This article analyzes the settlement'skey provisions pertaining to youth sales, advertising, marketing,and lobbying. It also examines the ways in which the settlementrestricts industry practices as well as the many industry practicesthat remain unregulated.
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