Tobacco industry and public health responses to state and local efforts to end tobacco sales from 1969-2020.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In June 2019, Beverly Hills, California, became the first American city in the 21st century to pass an ordinance ending the sale of most tobacco products, including cigarettes, and it is unlikely to be the last. Knowledge of previous efforts to ban tobacco sales in the US, both successful and unsuccessful, may help inform tobacco control advocates' approach to future efforts. METHODS:We retrieved and analyzed archival tobacco industry documents. We confirmed and supplemented information from the documents with news media coverage and publicly available state and local government materials, such as meeting minutes and staff reports, related to proposed bans. RESULTS:We found 22 proposals to end the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products from 1969-2020 in the US. Proposals came fr

SUBMITTER: McDaniel PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7244130 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature