Tobacco manufacturer lobbying to undercut minimum price laws: an analysis of internal industry documents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing the price of tobacco products has the potential to reduce tobacco consumption. As other forms of promotion have been increasingly restricted over time, tobacco manufacturers have relied more on trade discounts. Minimum price laws that prevented the use of manufacturer promotions were once common; however in most US jurisdictions these discounts are now legally protected.

Methods

We collected tobacco industry documents, state legislation and court cases between 1987 and 2016 to review tobacco manufacturer strategies to change minimum price laws in the USA.

Results

Beginning in 2000, tobacco manufacturers lobbied to amend minimum price legislation after state regulators indicated that manufacturer promotions were illegal under existing laws. Compan

SUBMITTER: Apollonio DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7374022 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature