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Research

PHLP staff frequently author or contribute to research on a variety of public health topics. The following reflects a sample of their work.


STATE AND LOCAL FINANCING OPTIONS

Economic & Planning Systems, the Public Health Law Program, and Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, "Regulatory Fee Assessments: Nutrition-Related Municipal Services," prepared for the law firm of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, April 2005.

Tobacco Control

Feighery, Ribisl, Schleicher, Zellers and Wellington, "How Do Minimum Cigarette Price Laws Affect Cigarette Prices at the Retail Level?" Tobacco Control (BMJ Publishing Group) 14: 80-85 (2005).

Graff, "State Taxation of Online Tobacco Sales: Circumventing the Archaic Bright Line Penned By Quill," Florida Law Review, 58:2 (April 2006).

Graff, Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, There Is No Constitutional Right to Smoke (2005).

Leverett, Ashe, Gerard, Jenson and Woollery, "Tobacco Use: Impact of Prices," Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 30:3 (Fall 2002), p. 88.

Technical Assistance Legal Center, Divestment Action Guide (California Department of Health Services, 2000).

Technical Assistance Legal Center, Enforcement Roadmaps (California Department of Health Services, 2004).

Technical Assistance Legal Center, Making Smokefree Housing Laws Work (California Department of Health Services, 2007).

Technical Assistance Legal Center, Regulating Tobacco Advertising: A Guide for Cities and Counties (California Department of Health Services, 2000).

Technical Assistance Legal Center, TALC's Guide to Small Claims Court (California Department of Health Services, 2004).

Technical Assistance Legal Center, Tobacco Laws Affecting California (California Department of Health Services, 2007).

Zellers, Thomas and Ashe, "Legal Risks to Employers Who Allow Smoking in the Workplace," American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 8 (August 2007).

Land Use

Ashe, Jernigan, Kline and Galaz, "Land Use Planning and the Control of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Fast Food Restaurants," American Journal of Public Health, Sept 2003; 93: 1404-8.

Feldstein, General Plans and Zoning: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health (California Department of Health Services, 2006).

Feldstein, Jacobus and Laurison, Economic Development and Redevelopment: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health (California Department of Health Services, 2006).

Feldstein, "Linking Land Use Planning and the Food Environment," International City/County Management Association, 2006.

Nutrition

Ashe, Feldstein, Graff, Kline, Pinkas and Zellers,"Local Venues for Change: Legal Strategies for Healthy Environments,"; Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2007; 35: 138-147.

Kline, Graff, Zellers and Ashe, "Beyond Advertising Controls: Influencing Junk Food Marketing and Consumption with Policy Innovations Developed in Tobacco Control," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, May 2006; 39: 603-646.

Pharmaceutical Access

Ashe and Duke, Executive Summary, "Pharmaceutical Discounts Under Federal Law: State Program Opportunities," by William von Oehsen, Public Health Institute, 2001. Executive summary reprint in American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy, 2003 (Mar 15); 60:551-3.

Duke, "The California Debate: Competing Drug Discount Programs for Millions of Residents," Public Health Institute, 2005.

Duke, "Indigent Medical Care in California: Still Invisible?" 25 Pacific Law Journal 21-66 (October 1993).

Duke, Raube, Lipton, "Patient-Assistance Programs: Assessment of and Use by Safety Net Clinics," American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy, vol. 62, Apr 1, 2005.

Raube, Douglas, Duke and Ashe, Managing Pharmaceutical Costs Among California Safety-Net Providers, 2001.

Communicable Disease

Public Health Law Program, TB Control and the Law: Reference Materials for Health Officers, Staff and Attorneys (Public Health Institute, 2003).

Public Health Law (general)

Ashe, "Statutory Compliance and Proposition 65 Settlements," Prop. 65 News, 2000.

Ashe, "Alternative Dispute Resolution and Public Interest Settlements," Forum, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Summer 1995.

Ashe, "The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act and the Tenth Amendment: A ‘Paragon of Legislative Success' or a Failure of Accountability?" 20 Ecology Law Quarterly, 267, 1993.