Journal of Regulation and Social Cost

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The Journal of Regulation and Social Cost was owned by the Tobacco Institute via the National Chamber Foundation. It carried numerous articles peripherally angled to oppose attempts at smoking or general air-pollution or environmental regulation, including "Reevaluating the Risk from Dioxin", by Michael Gough (the associate of the TASSC junk-man Stephen Milloy), and "Nagging Down the Party Animals" by Hank Cox. TASSC was a tobacco industry operation via APCO & Associates

Journal management

  • J Paul Sticht (head of RJ Reynolds Tobacco) is NCF Chairman
  • Richard W Rahn] is supposedly the Journal publisher (VP US Chamber of Commerce, tobacco industry witness)
  • Ronald D Utt is Editor (also ed. Journal of Economic Growth) ex-Director for Privatisiation, OMB, Reagan Admin.
  • Stephen H Hanke is Consulting Editor (Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University)
  • Ms Renee Rowland, Associate Editor
  • Brenda Nernzet Research Assistant

Board of Review

The National Chamber Foundation (NCF) charged the Tobacco Institute $130,626/year to run the journal in 1991. [3]