Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2010 Oct;71(8):1527-34. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.044. Epub 2010 Aug 14.
To document the behavior of tobacco manufacturers' agricultural third-party allies in South Carolina from the 1970s through 2009, we analyzed news reports, public documents and internal tobacco industry documents and conducted interviews with knowledgeable individuals. We found that agriculture-based interest groups (the Farm Bureau), elected state agency heads (Commissioners of Agriculture) and tobacco-area legislators acted as an iron triangle containing strong third-party allies of tobacco manufacturers from the 1970s through the 1990 s. The Farm Bureau and Commissioners of Agriculture reacted to national-level changes in the tobacco leaf market structure by shifting towards a neutral position on tobacco control, while some tobacco-area legislators remained manufacturer allies (Sullivan, Barnes, & Glantz, 2009). This shift was reinforced by public health outreach and successes, which were in turn facilitated by the lack of opposition from agricultural groups. We conclude that public health advocates in tobacco-growing states should use the pragmatic shift of agricultural groups' position to challenge remaining third-party manufacturer alliances and agriculture-based opposition to tobacco control policies.
为了记录 20 世纪 70 年代至 2009 年期间南卡罗来纳州烟草制造商农业第三方盟友的行为，我们分析了新闻报道、公开文件和内部烟草业文件，并采访了知情人士。我们发现，以农业为基础的利益集团（农场局）、当选的州机构负责人（农业专员）和烟草产区立法者充当了一个铁三角，其中包含 20 世纪 70 年代至 90 年代烟草制造商的强大第三方盟友。农场局和农业专员对全国烟叶市场结构的变化做出反应，在烟草控制问题上采取中立立场，而一些烟草产区立法者仍然是制造商的盟友（Sullivan、Barnes 和 Glantz，2009 年）。这一转变得到了公共卫生宣传和成功的加强，而这反过来又得益于农业团体缺乏反对意见。我们的结论是，烟草种植州的公共卫生倡导者应该利用农业团体立场的务实转变，挑战烟草控制政策中剩余的第三方制造商联盟和以农业为基础的反对。
