The Tobacco Control Center

About the Center

Established in the summer of 2003 as a joint project of the Robert A. Leflar School of Law and the William H. Bowen School of Law, the Tobacco Control Center at the Leflar Law Center (the "Center") provides services to local governments, community groups, employers, and others who seek to regulate the sale and use of tobacco products. The Center was established with funding from the Arkansas Department of Health with monies from the state's tobacco settlement.

The Center will, without charge, provide the following types of services:

  • Readily accessible information that pertains to tobacco control matters.
  • Legal policy analysis in the development of regulatory measures to control the sale and use of tobacco products, to control or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke, and to address concomitant issues.
  • Assistance to state and local governmental units or agencies in drafting statutes, ordinances, local initiatives, and other measures to tax, control, or regulate the use or sale of tobacco products, and to abate or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke.
  • Assistance to state and local governmental agencies and community organizations in developing legislative and administrative strategies to tax, or regulate the sale and use of tobacco products and to abate or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke.
  • Legal analysis to state and local governmental units or agencies on matters pertaining to their authority to implement measures to tax, or regulate control the sale and use of tobacco products and to abate or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke.
  • Litigation support to state and local governmental units or agencies whenever a tobacco control ordinance, local initiative, or other measure is judicially challenged. Litigation support may include: the evaluation analysis of legal arguments; conducting legal research; and the drafting of pleadings, motions, and briefs.
  • Legal referrals to individuals in matters that involve environmental tobacco smoke or injuries that result from the use of tobacco products.

These services may be provided in the form of publications that are made available for state-wide dissemination or specific research and analysis that is furnished in response to an individual request.

The Center will provide educational assistance and act as a clearinghouse for the tobacco control community.

University of Arkansas
School of Law

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Terms & Conditions

The Tobacco Control Center at the University of Arkansas Leflar Law Center makes available the information and materials on this World Wide Web site (the "Materials") for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. Making this available is not intended to create, and the receipt of it does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship. While we hope and believe the Materials will be helpful as a background matter, we cannot warrant that the Materials are accurate or complete. Moreover, the Materials are general in nature, and may not apply to particular factual or legal circumstances. In any event, the Materials do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Should you require legal representation, you are encouraged to engage the services of an attorney. Additionally, we do not necessarily recommend, endorse, or sponsor, and are not responsible for any third-party content that may be accessed through this Web site.

THE TOBACCO CONTROL CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LEFLAR LAW CENTER DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.




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