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The International Tobacco-Control Network

Monograph Series
Strange Bedfellows:

The History of Collaboration Between the Tobacco Industry
and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association

   

by Wendy A. Ritch, M.A., M.T.S.
and Michael E. Begay, Ph.D.


Department of Community Health Studies
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts
Arnold House, Box 30430
Amherst MA 01003-0430


December 1999

 

Supported by a grant from the American Cancer Society (RPG-97-033-01-PBR).
Opinions expressed reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
sponsoring agency or the School of Public Health and Health Sciences.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

  • 1978: Ballot Question 8
  • 1984: Restaurant Restrictions in Boston
  • 1985: Clean Indoor Air Acts
  • 1986-1989: Opposing Smoking Restrictions
  • 1990-1992: Economic Downturn
  • 1993-1995: A Uniform Statewide Solution to the Smoking Issue
  • 1996: An Economic Impact Study, a Congressional Report, and a Public
    Relations Campaign
  • 1997-1999: A Mixture of Success and Failure

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A

  • Summaries of Key Industry Documents Used In This Study

APPENDIX B

  • An Index of Industry Documents Related to This Study