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Download 124 UCSF Tobacco Control Policy Making: United States Title Good Start Out of the Gate: Tobacco Industry Political Influence and Tobacco Policymaking in Kentucky 1936-2012 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/10k3p8m5 Authors Washington, Michelle D. Barnes, Richard L. Glantz, Stanton A. Publication Date 2012-09-17 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Good Start Out of the Gate: Tobacco Industry Political Influence and Tobacco Policymaking in Kentucky 1936-2012 Michelle D. Washington, MPH Richard L. Barnes, J.D. Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D. Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-1390 September 2012 Good Start Out of the Gate: Tobacco Industry Political Influence and Tobacco Policymaking in Kentucky 1936-2012 Michelle D. Washington, MPH Richard L. Barnes, J.D. Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D. Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-1390 Supported in part by National Cancer Institute Grant CA-61021 and endowment funds available to Dr. Glantz. Opinions expressed reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the sponsoring agency. This report is available on the World Wide Web at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/10k3p8m5. Reports on other states and nations are available at http://escholarship.org/uc/ctcre_tcpmus. Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4 Chapter I: Introduction ................................................................................................................... 7 Background ................................................................................................................................. 7 Status of Tobacco Control Policies and Tobacco Use in Kentucky as of 2012 .......................... 7 Smoke-Free Air ....................................................................................................................... 7 Youth Access ........................................................................................................................... 8 Tobacco Taxes ......................................................................................................................... 8 Tobacco Use ............................................................................................................................ 9 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter II: Tobacco Industry Influence ...................................................................................... 11 Tobacco Production ................................................................................................................... 11 Tobacco Manufacturing ............................................................................................................ 13 Tobacco Industry Trade Associations ....................................................................................... 13 Tobacco Grower’s and Growers’ Associations in Kentucky .................................................... 14 The Kentucky Tobacco and Candy Association ....................................................................... 15 Tobacco Area Legislators .......................................................................................................... 16 Total Tobacco Industry Campaign Contributions ..................................................................... 17 Tobacco Industry Contributions to Political Parties ................................................................. 20 Tobacco Industry Contributions to Legislative Candidates ...................................................... 21 Tobacco Industry Contributions to Constitutional Officer Candidates ..................................... 22 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter III: Early Tobacco Control Movement ........................................................................... 29 1988: Tobacco-Free Young Kentuckians ................................................................................. 29 1994: Kentucky ACTION receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Smokeless States Grant ................................................................................................................................................... 31 1994: Coalition for Health and Agricultural Development ...................................................... 33 1996: Kentucky ACTION Fights for First Smoke-free Policies in the University of Kentucky Rupp Arena ............................................................................................................................... 36 Chapter IV: Youth Access ........................................................................................................... 39 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 43 Chapter V: 1998 Kentucky Signs the Master Settlement Agreement .......................................... 45 1 Master Settlement Agreement Phase II ......................................................................................... 50 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 51 Chapter VI: 1994-2012 State Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program ................................ 53 The State’s First “Quit and Win” Smoking Cessation Contest ................................................. 55 The State Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program receives MSA funding ....................... 56 Prevent the Initiation of Tobacco Use among Young People ............................................... 61 Promote Quitting Among Young People and Adults ............................................................ 62 Eliminating Exposure to Secondhand Smoke ....................................................................... 63 Identifying and Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities among Population Groups ......... 64 Decline in Smoking Rates ..................................................................................................... 65 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 66 Chapter VII: 2002-2004 Tobacco Control Movement .................................................................. 67 2002: Kentucky ACTION receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southern Neighbors Collaborative Funding ............................................................................................................... 67 2004: University of Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy .................................................. 70 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 72 Chapter VIII: The 2004 Tobacco Quota Buyout ......................................................................... 73 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 77 Chapter IX: Tobacco Excise Taxes in Kentucky .......................................................................... 79 2003: Excise Tax Increase Campaign ....................................................................................... 80 2005: The Cigarette Excise Tax is increased to 30 cents .......................................................... 81 2009: 60-cents Per Pack of Cigarettes; First-Time Tax on Smokeless and other Tobacco Products ..................................................................................................................................... 85 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 88 Chapter X: Smoke-free Air .......................................................................................................... 89 Success at the Local Level ........................................................................................................ 89 Smoke-free Air in the Northern Kentucky Region ................................................................... 92 Lexington-Fayette Kentucky ................................................................................................. 92 The Seven-Month Delay in Implementing Kentucky’s First Local Smoke-Free Law .......... 99 2008: Local Tobacco Advocates work to Strengthen the Lexington-Fayette Law to Include Workplaces .......................................................................................................................... 103 Louisville: Churchill Downs .............................................................................................. 105 2 Madison County Board of Health Smoke-Free Air Regulation .......................................... 107 The Board of Health Lawsuit in Bullitt County .................................................................. 108 The First Repealed Local Smoke-free Air Ordinance – Campbell County ............................ 110 Smoke-free Air
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