Applying Lessons Learned from the Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco to Other Industries
When:
Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018 4:30p -
6:00p
Where:
Boston University School of Public Health
Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University
The landmark 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between 46 state’s attorneys general and the US tobacco industry set in motion an unprecedented decline in tobacco consumption, saving millions of lives and potentially billions of dollars. Putting public health ahead of corporate profit was a hard-fought battle, and lessons from the tobacco wars could have significant value in approaching similar manufacturers—including the pharmaceutical and sugar-sweetened beverage industries—in an effort to dramatically decrease the opioid and obesity crises.