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The Tobacco Control Center

Mission Statement

The Tobacco Control Center of the University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville is operated by the Tobacco Legal Clinic director, Professor M. Jacqueline Gaithe.

If you or your organization needs information on tobacco related issues, please contact us. Our services are free.

The goals of the Tobacco Legal Clinic are to offer the following community services:

Provide legal policy analysis in the development of regulatory measures to control the sale and use of tobacco products and to control or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke;
Assist state and local governmental agencies and community organizations in developing legislative and administrative strategies and 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;
Provide state and local governmental units or agencies with legal analysis on matters pertaining to their authority to implement measures to tax or to control the sale and use of tobacco products and to abate or eliminate the effects of environmental tobacco smoke;
Provide litigation support (including the evaluation and analysis of legal arguments, conduct legal research, draft pleadings, motions, and briefs) to state and local governmental units or agencies whenever a tobacco control ordinance, local initiative, or other measure is judicially challenged; and
Provide individuals with legal referrals in matters that involve environmental tobacco smoke or injuries that result from the use of tobacco products.

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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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