Evolution of Tobacco Control

Evolution of Tobacco Control

Evolution of Tobacco Control

Evolution of Tobacco Control

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Images Library

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United States Department of Agriculture

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Great Depression

End of WW II

1st SurgeonGeneral’s Report

Fairness DoctrineMessages on TV and Radio

BroadcastAd Ban

MasterSettlementAgreement

1st Smoking-Cancer Concern

Surgeon General’sReport on EnvironmentalTobacco Smoke

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United States Department of Agriculture

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Evolution of Tobacco ControlAdult Per Capita Cigarette Consumption

Evolution of Tobacco Control

U.S. enters World War I (1917)

The Great Depression (1929-early 1940s)

U.S. enters World War II (1941)

First modern reports link smoking & cancer (1950)

Surgeon General’s report on smoking and cancer (1964)

Fairness Doctrine messages on broadcast media (1967)

U.S. bans broadcast advertisements (1970)

1910 – 1970

Evolution of Tobacco Control

Nonsmokers’ rights movement begins (1976)

Federal cigarette tax doubles (1983)

Coalescence of modern advocacy movement (early 1980s)

Synar Amendment enacted (1992)

Environmental tobacco smoke listed as known human carcinogen (1992)

The Master Settlement Agreement (1998)

Maryland bans smoking in private workplaces (1998)

1970 – 1998

Evolution of Tobacco Control

Philip Morris reports “smoking saves money” to government of Czechoslovakia (2001)

Department of Transportation bans smoking on all international flights (2002)

WHO adopts Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (2003)

New York State smoking ban goes into effect (2003)

1999 – 2003

Evolution of Tobacco Control

NASCAR drops R.J. Reynolds sponsorship (2004) Westin prohibits smoking in all rooms (2005) Annual reports on state tobacco funding begin (2005) Adult smoking prevalence drops below 20% (2007) Federal cigarette tax increases (2009) FDA authority to regulate tobacco products (2009) 18 states, DC, and Puerto Rico have smoke-free restaurants, bars,

and workplaces (2010)

2004 – 2009

Evolution of Tobacco Control: What Comes Next?

Source: National Cancer Institute, Visuals Online