PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Barry George Rabe
TI  - Political impediments to a tobacco endgame
AID  - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050799
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - Tobacco Control
PG  - i52--i54
VI  - 22
IP  - suppl 1
4099  - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/22/suppl_1/i52.short
4100  - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/22/suppl_1/i52.full
SO  - Tob Control2013 May 01; 22
AB  - Any serious consideration of exploring a tobacco endgame in the USA must build upon the enviable track record of reducing tobacco use through a mixture of federal and state policies. This foundation may pose particular challenges in approaching an endgame, including questions of national political feasibility, public support, limitations of sub-federal experimentation and recruitment of future political champions. Advocates must demonstrate a compelling need for a dramatic expansion beyond existing efforts, amid competition from alternative issues and little apparent public appetite for such an initiative.