Author: Andy Schneider
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Category : Medicaid
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Last year, representatives of five major tobacco companies and a group of state attorneys general reached an agreement that, if enacted, could dramatically change the ways in which tobacco is marketed, sold, and consumed in the United States. That settlement would impose large payments on the tobacco industry, strengthen regulatory controls, and expand public health initiatives to reduce cigarette smoking. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper-prepared at the request of the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate--examines the settlement's potential impacts on consumers and the industry. The reduction in cigarette consumption and the amount of payments by the industry are estimated under various assumptions regarding increases in the price of cigarettes and the response by smokers to those price hikes.

Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Products liability
Languages : en
Pages : 69

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Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309103827
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 643

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The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years. Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately one-quarter of American adults still smoke. Tobacco-related illnesses and death place a huge burden on our society. Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments. Carefully constructed with two distinct parts, the book first provides background information on the history and nature of tobacco use, developing the context for the policy blueprint proposed in the second half of the report. The report documents the extraordinary growth of tobacco use during the first half of the 20th century as well as its subsequent reversal in the mid-1960s (in the wake of findings from the Surgeon General). It also reviews the addictive properties of nicotine, delving into the factors that make it so difficult for people to quit and examines recent trends in tobacco use. In addition, an overview of the development of governmental and nongovernmental tobacco control efforts is provided. After reviewing the ethical grounding of tobacco control, the second half of the book sets forth to present a blueprint for ending the tobacco problem. The book offers broad-reaching recommendations targeting federal, state, local, nonprofit and for-profit entities. This book also identifies the benefits to society when fully implementing effective tobacco control interventions and policies.

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Category : Income tax deductions for medical expenses
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Category : Nicotine addiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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This booklet for schools, medical personnel, and parents contains highlights from the 2012 Surgeon General's report on tobacco use among youth and teens (ages 12 through 17) and young adults (ages 18 through 25). The report details the causes and the consequences of tobacco use among youth and young adults by focusing on the social, environmental, advertising, and marketing influences that encourage youth and young adults to initiate and sustain tobacco use. This is the first time tobacco data on young adults as a discrete population have been explored in detail. The report also highlights successful strategies to prevent young people from using tobacco.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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