Up in Smoke : From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics.

Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A New Way of Regulating Tobacco -- Shift in Policymaking Strategy -- Master Settlement Agreement -- FDA Campaign -- Tobacco and Adversarial Legalism -- Notes -- 2. The Ordinary Politics of Legislation -- Smoking Linked to Cancer -- Birth of the Antismoking Movement -- Congress as National Policymaker -- State and Local Legislation -- Notes -- 3. Ordinary Torts: Litigation before It Was Substituted for Legislation -- The Early Cases -- Later Litigation -- The Ascendancy of the Lawyers -- The Search for a Safer Cigarette -- Notes -- 4. The Drive for FDA Regulation -- Kessler Engages the Issues -- Getting the Goods on the Industry -- Enlisting President Clinton -- The Regulations -- Notes -- 5. The New Wave of Litigation -- The Lawyers -- Planning the Strategy -- Entry of Other States -- Division within the Industry -- The Settlement -- Closing Ceremonies -- Notes -- 6. The Changed Context of Policymaking -- New Issues and the Culture Wars -- The Institutionalization of Cause Advocacy -- The Growth of Government -- The Nationalization and Media-ization of Politics -- Notes -- 7. The 1997 Settlement Dies in Congress -- The Tortuous Path to Defeat -- Public Opinion on Tobacco Regulation -- The Power of Industry Money -- Obstacles on the Hill -- Notes -- 8. The FDA Regulations Die in Court -- The Regulations and the Settlement -- The Regulations in Court -- The End of the FDA's Program of Tobacco Control -- Notes -- 9. The Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 -- How Could the States Agree? -- The Agreement -- Two Kinds of Opposition -- Notes -- 10. The Aftermath of the MSA -- Battling the MSA in Court -- Upstart Manufacturers -- The Lingering Threat -- Weighing the Benefits -- The Tort Lawyers -- Notes -- 11. After Litigation, a Return to Legislation.

Congress Acts: Ordinary Politics at Work -- Regulation in the New Era -- Notes -- 12. Ordinary Politics versus Adversarial Legalism -- The Roots of Adversarial Legalism -- What Happened to Checks and Balances? -- The Results of Adversarial Legalism -- The Bottom Line -- A New Era -- Notes -- Chronology of Cigarette Regulation -- Index.

Dealing with the politics surrounding smoking in the US, this third edition has been updated to include coverage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

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