RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Political impediments to a tobacco endgame
JF Tobacco Control
JO Tob Control
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP i52
OP i54
DO 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050799
VO 22
IS suppl 1
A1 Barry George Rabe
YR 2013
UL http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/22/suppl_1/i52.abstract
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.