Daily Doc: TI, Oct 2, 1989: 1990 Proactive Legislative Plans
Daily Doc: 1990 Proactive Legislative Plans
Title: 1990 Proactive Legislative Plans
TI, Oct 2, 1989
Bates #: TIOK0019848/9849
March 25, 2000
This document shows that in the United States, the tobacco industry develops and implements its own legislation in the states. In the U.S., we used to have a democracy in which citizens could enact their own laws at the local level on any topic, but since so many people wanted clean indoor air laws, bans on free nicotine samples (and other laws that Big Tobacco disliked), the tobacco industry enacted their own laws to take away peoples' rights. They have been very successful. By 1994, the industry had successfully enacted its laws to remove citizens' rights ("preemption laws") in 25 states.
CITATION
Title: 1990 Proactive Legislative Plans
Type of Document: Confidential memo
Author: Malmgren, Kurt - Senior VP, State Activities Division of the Tobacco Institute
Date: 19891002
Site: Tobacco Institute Document site http://www.tobaccoinstitute.com/
Bates No. TIOK0019848/9849
Page Count: 2
URL: http://www.tobaccoinstitute.com/getallimg.asp?DOCID=TIOK0019848/9849
QUOTES
During 1989, the Tobacco Institute developed and implemented plans to enact various types of legislation favorable to the industry.
For 1990, we will undertake an expansion of that effort. While our primary goal is the enactment of positive industry legislation, another important objective is to set the tobacco agenda in the state legislatures...
...We have targeted 35 states for [proactive] legislative action, with one or more of the following objectives in each state:
--Preemption of local smoking restrictions --Rollback or modification of existing smoking restrictions... --...Adoption of indoor air quality and ventilation standards --Preemption of local tobacco tax authority --Preemption of local sampling bans...
--Other measures favorable to the industry.
...We view our proactive strategies as a legitimate and important portion of our overall...mission to the industry....
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