Tobacco Settlement Scorecard


Tobacco Settlement Scorecard

(Much thanks to Anne Donley, Bill Godshall and Don Morris for starting and providing the bulk of this list)


Last Update: 9/4/97
60+ organizations signed the September 4, 1997 American Lung Assn. letter urging President Clinton to scrap the tobacco pact. The letter read in part:

We believe that the Proposed Settlement between the Attorneys General and the Tobacco Industry will fail to protect the health of the American people. We strongly urge you to oppose the Proposed Settlement and look to the recommendations of the Koop/Kessler commission as a national blueprint for tobacco control.

SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED TOBACCO DEAL:

  • Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
  • American Cancer Society (but only if it is strengthened in 7 major areas, including higher taxes and document disclosure)
  • American Heart Assn (with major reservations)
  • American Medical Assn (with major reservations)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (with major reservations)
  • Philip Morris Board of Directors
  • Lorrilard Board of Directors

    HEALTH GROUPS OPPOSING THE PROPOSED TOBACCO "BAILOUT":

  • Action on Alcohol and Teens - A Citizen's Group, St. Paul, MN (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Alianza Dominicana, Inc. (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Alum Rock Counseling Center, San Jose, CA (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • American Association of Public Health Physicians (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97; previously: "We have reluctantly concluded that, from a public health perspective, rejection of the settlement would be better than letting it go through as currently proposed. Too much is to be given to the tobacco industry in immunity from liability and the ability to block public disclosure of internal documents. The dollar costs and other provisions of the proposed settlement are too weak and have too many loopholes.--8/25/97"
  • American Council on Science and Health (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • American Lung Association (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Americans for Nonsmokers Rights (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Arizonans Concerned About Smoking (ANR) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Arizonans for Drug-Free Youth Communities (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Association for Nonsmokers Rights - Minnesota (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Black Clergy for Substance Abuse Prevention (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • California Medical Society
  • Californians Against Death by Tobacco (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Citizens Against Tobacco Smoke
  • Citizens for A Tobacco-Free Society (CATS) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Coalition for a Tobacco Free Michigan
  • Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Colorado (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Coalition for Smoke Free Maryland Workplaces (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Community Prevention Coalition of Hennepin County (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Deleware Valley Clean Air Council - Pennsylvania (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Denver DOC (Doctors Ought to Care) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Drug Abuse Prevention Center - Santa Barbara, CA (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Essential Action (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • FANS, Fresh Air for Nonsmokers - Washington State (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Foundation for a SmokeFree America (Patrick Reynolds signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • GASP of Colorado (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • GASP of Miami (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Georgians Against Smoking Pollution (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Health Industry Resources Enterprises, Inc. (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Hispanic AIDS Forum (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • INFACT
  • Iowa Healthy Kids Project (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Kentucky ACTION (Alliance to Control Tobacco In Our Neighborhoods) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Little Havana Activities & Nutrution Centers of Dade County, Inc (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Maryland GASP (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Minnesota SOPHE (Society for Public Health Education) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Missouri Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Multicultural Area Health Education Center (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO)(Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97; recommended using the Koop/Kessler Policy and Public Health report as a blueprint for future action. 8/18/97)
  • New Jersey Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Nonsmokers, Inc. - Arizona (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • North Carolina GASP (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Northeast Valley Health Corporation (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Pasadena (California) Tobacco Prevention Coalition
  • Phoenix Chemical Dependency Program (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Smoke Free Maryland Coalition
  • Smokefree Action (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc. - New York (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • SmokeFree Maryland Coalition (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • SmokeFree Pennsylvania (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Texas Association of Nonsmokers (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • The Center for Tobacco and Health Cost Information (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • The Praxis Project (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Tobacco Education and Action Coalition for Health (TEACH) - Philadelphia (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Tobacco Free Future Coalition in Washington County (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Tobacco Free Las Cruces Coaltion - New Mexico (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Tobacco Free Wisconsin Coalition (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Tobacco-Free Michigan Action Coalition (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • US PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Virginia GASP (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Washington DOC (Doctors Ought to Care) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)
  • Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health (WISH) (Signed ALA Letter 9/4/97)

    POLITICIANS IN OPPOSITION

  • President Clinton (9/17/97)

  • Wisconsin Attorney General Jim Doyle wants a large monetary settlement as well as protecting the right of an individual to bring a suit in state courts, and opposes limiting the powers of the Food and Drug Administration.
  • Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson wants a large monetary settlement as well as protecting the right of an individual to bring a suit in state courts.
  • Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III

    OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OPPOSITION

  • The City and County of San Francisco
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America wrote in a letter to Congress that the proposed settlement didn't offer adequate compensation to injured smokers and unconstitutionally limited consumers' right to bring future suits (c. 9/4/97). For more information on the proposed tobacco settlement and why ATLA opposes it, call 202-965-3500, ext. 369
  • National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS): "We don't believe that the proposed settlement will achieve any long-term reduction in tobacco consumption by minors." NACS has expressed concern particularly about two areas of the proposed settlement: restrictions on access and promotion of tobacco products in retail establishments, and a proposed federal licensing program.
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters AFL-CIO"[N]o settlement should make working Americans who have suffered from tobacco-related illnesses second class citizens in their ability to recover damages. Therefore, we urge you to insist that any tobacco settlement approved by Congress not include limits on the rights of Americans to use the court system, or at the very least, include adequate compensation for *all* those injured by tobacco related diseases, particularly working Americans." -- Ron Carey, General President in a letter to Clinton 9/10/97
  • Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds Supported Teamsters letter 9/11/97
  • Marin County, California, Board of Supervisors 9/11/97
  • Public Citizen
  • CATO Institute
  • FORCES
  • Liggett Tobacco Co.
  • Business Week
  • Forbes Magazine


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