Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making in Nebraska
UCSF Tobacco Control Policy Making: United States Title Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making in Nebraska Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/70r843c4 Authors Wessel, Andrew Ibrahim, Jennifer K., Ph.D. Glantz, Stanton A., Ph.D. Publication Date 2004-04-01 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making in Nebraska Andrew Wessel Jennifer Ibrahim, Ph.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 April 2004 Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making in Nebraska Andrew J. Wessel Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Ph.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 April 2004 Supported in part by CA-61021. Copyright 2004 by A. J. Wessel, J. K. Ibrahim and S. A. Glantz. Permission is granted to reproduce this report for nonprofit purposes designed to promote the public health, so long as this report is credited. This report is available on the World Wide Web at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmus/NE2004. This report is one of a series of reports that analyze tobacco industry campaign contributions, lobbying, and other political activity in Nebraska and other states. The other reports are available on the World Wide Web at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/. 1 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • In 2002, 22.7% of Nebraskans over the age of 18 were current smokers, accounting for approximately 389,000 smokers.
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