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A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Social Costs Of the Tobacco Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Ruth C. Johnson  and
B. R. McManus
Ruth C. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B. R. McManus
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Government control of tobacco production through output restrictions and price supports began with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. The primary goals of the program through the years have been to stabilize tobacco prices and to improve farm income. The tobacco program came under public scrutiny after the U. S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964 [11] and the report this year [12]. Critics charge that tobacco production policies of the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare are inconsistent or even in direct opposition. These issues present a policy dilemma. A theoretical framework is devised for analyzing social costs of the tobacco program and application of the framework to current policy issues is examined.

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , December 1979 , pp. 103 - 106
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1979

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