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Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making In Nebraska, Andrew Wessel, Jennifer Ibrahim, Stanton Glantz
Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Tobacco Policy Making In Nebraska, Andrew Wessel, Jennifer Ibrahim, Stanton Glantz
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• In 2002, 22.7% of Nebraskans over the age of 18 were current smokers, accounting for
approximately 389,000 smokers.
• Since 1995, the prevalence of adult tobacco use in Nebraska has remained about 1 percentage
point below the national average, but per capita tobacco consumption in Nebraska has been falling
more slowly than the Unites States as whole.
• The tobacco industry has directly been a major political force in Nebraska through lobbying and
campaign contributions. The tobacco industry spent over $1,027,000 on lobbying from 1997-2002.
The tobacco industry made direct campaign contributions to the members of the …