title: Achieving fire-safe cigarette legislation through coalition-based legislative advocacy.
abstract: Advocates who work for tobacco control legislation through coalition-based policy advocacy have access to a broad base of support and resources that are critical to overcoming the tobacco industry lobby. This article provides an example of how a coalition-based advocacy strategy that engaged a diverse group of stakeholders and was supported by a national coordinating movement achieved state level fire-safe cigarette legislation in a tobacco-producing and manufacturing state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Adam O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cairns
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurian
mesh_terms: D003254:Consumer Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005390:Fires / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D009657:North Carolina; D011640:Public Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*