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Excerpts from: Study Reveals Tobacco Industry Political Spending, Influence on the Rise; Tobacco Lobby Increases as Anti-Smoking Programs Are Cut, Legislators Urged to Strengthen Tobacco Control Program, Increase

By AScribe News [06/02/03]
Source: "Tobacco Policy Making in California 2001-2003: No Longer Finishing First"

Tobacco control advocates are citing a new study released today as evidence to support their proposal to increase California's tobacco tax by $1.50 per pack of cigarettes and earmark 20 cents for the State's Tobacco Control Program.
The study, "Tobacco Policy Making in California 2001-2003: No Longer Finishing First" was co-authored by University of California, San Francisco professor, Dr. Stan Glantz, Ph.D., a renowned expert on the effects of tobacco use. The study concludes that the tobacco industry has been extremely effective at thwarting public policies aimed at strengthening the California Tobacco Control Program and reducing smoking statewide. This study also reveals that the tobacco industry has stepped-up its efforts in Sacramento to court legislators, legislative candidates, political parties and constitutional officers. . .