China could learn from the United States experience on dealing with
tobacco. For example, the State of Tennessee abolished cigarettes in
1897. The State of Michigan abolished deleterious and adulterated
cigarettes in 1909. Its Supreme Court in 1858 provided up to life in
prison for a first offense of providing a person a substance foreseeably
causing injury to him or her. A United States federal emissions rule bans
cigarette emissions.
Details are in my letters, "Alternative Models for Controlling
Smoking among Adolescents," Am J Public Health. 1997; 87:869-870; and
"Smoking as hazardous conduct," N Y St J Med. 1986; 86:493.
The 1909 Michigan anti-cigarette law is still law. A petition is
being circulated at http://geocities.com/WallStreet/Market/4809/lpetition.html to get it
enforced. China, indeed, all nations, would be well-advised to adopt such
a law and enforce it.
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Suggestion for Preventing Tobacco Deaths in China
China could learn from the United States experience on dealing with
tobacco. For example, the State of Tennessee abolished cigarettes in
1897. The State of Michigan abolished deleterious and adulterated
cigarettes in 1909. Its Supreme Court in 1858 provided up to life in
prison for a first offense of providing a person a substance foreseeably
causing injury to him or her. A United States federal emissions rule bans
cigarette emissions.
Details are in my letters, "Alternative Models for Controlling
Smoking among Adolescents," Am J Public Health. 1997; 87:869-870; and
"Smoking as hazardous conduct," N Y St J Med. 1986; 86:493.
The 1909 Michigan anti-cigarette law is still law. A petition is
being circulated at
http://geocities.com/WallStreet/Market/4809/lpetition.html to get it
enforced. China, indeed, all nations, would be well-advised to adopt such
a law and enforce it.
Competing interests: No competing interests