The first decade of the Massachuesetts tobacco control program

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the first decade of the Mass, setts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP). Born after Massachusetts passed a 199 ballot initiative raising cigarette excise taxes to fund the program, MTCP greatl reduced statewide cigarette consumption before being reduced to a skeletal st by funding cuts. The article describes the program's components and goals, de outcomes, presents a summary of policy accomplishments, and reviews the pre: status of MTCP in the current climate of national and state fiscal crises. The first decade of the MTCP offers many lessons learned for the future of tobacco control.