Comprehensive Public Smoking Plan
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Comprehensive Public Smoking Plan(s) (CPSP) were attempts by the tobacco industry to pre-empt state legislation by drafting and then promoting some half-hearted legislation which could then be pushed through in the various states with a bit of political bribery.
There are many references to CPSP documents in the tobacco literature. (Type-in) CPSP or the full term
Documents and Timelines
1988 Oct 28 There is a Regional Tobacco Institute meeting on the proposed CPSP for the State of Illinois
This Agenda has been sent to Jeffrey D Ross (A TI Issues Manger), Gray Robertson (ACVA and HBI) and David A Weeks (physician and member of SWT) by Walter N Woodson from the Tobacco Institute
The other speakers at this conference are:
- Bill Trisler who was the VP for the TI's Region III, which covered Illinois, Indiana, Michigan & Ohio.
- Paul J Emrick the VP for the Region covering New York and Philadelphia - later TI (expert on toxic waste)
- David Remes a lawyer-adviser from Covington & Burling
- Robert Pruett, TI's Regional director for Region III.
Jeff Ross and George Minshew were there from the Tobacco Institute, and Pat Wilson (PM) and Kent Wold (RJR) from the tobacco companies In addition they had five local legal counsel to help them draft the legislation https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=jsjb0045
