Strong Tobacco Control Program Requirements and Secure Funding Are Not Enough

Lessons From Florida

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ID11030635
AuthorsAllison Kennedy (0000-0002-4090-4288, At the time of the study, the authors were with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.), Sarah R Sullivan (0000-0003-4754-4972, The Centers), Sarah Sullivan (0000-0002-0741-1107, At the time of the study, the authors were with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.), Yogi Hale Hendlin (0000-0002-1714-6132, The Centers), Yogi Hendlin (At the time of the study, the authors were with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.), Richard Barnes (0000-0002-0204-6040, At the time of the study, the authors were with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.), Stanton A Glantz (0000-0003-4620-6672, The Centers), Stanton Glantz (At the time of the study, the authors were with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue5
Pages807-817
Publication date2012-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300459
PMID22420813
PMCIDPMC3325324
OpenAlexW1975554382
LanguageEN
References cited43

Florida’s Tobacco Pilot Program (TPP; 1998–2003), with its edgy Truth media campaign, achieved unprecedented youth smoking reductions and became a model for tobacco control programming. In 2006, 3 years after the TPP was defunded, public health groups restored funding for tobacco control programming by convincing Florida voters to amend their constitution. Despite the new program’s strong legal structure, Governor Charlie Crist’s Department of Health implemented a low-impact program. Although they secured the program’s strong structure and funding, Florida’s nongovernmental public health organizations did not mobilize to demand a high-impact program. Implementation of Florida’s Amendment 4 demonstrates that a strong programmatic structure and secure funding are insufficient to ensure a successful public health program, without external pressure from nongovernmental groups

Control (management) · Environmental health · Political science · Public health · Tobacco control · Tobacco use · Computer Science · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology

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