TABLE 1.
—Tobacco Industry Strategies to Oppose Boards of Health and Subsequent Outcomes in 25 Localities
| Legal Intervention | ||||||
| Outcome | Locality (or State) | Year | Accommodation | Limiting Health Board Actions | Removal of Authority | Litigation |
| Passed-upheld or unchanged | Amherst, Mass | 1998 | ✓ | |||
| Barnstable, Mass | 2000 | ✓ | ||||
| Boston, Mass | 1998 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Westchester County, NY | 1996 | ✓ | ||||
| Licking County, Ohio | 1992 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mid-Ohio Valley, WV | 1994 | ✓ | ||||
| Passed-repealed | ||||||
| Halifax County, NC | 1993 | ✓ | ||||
| Princeton, NJ | 2000 | ✓ | ||||
| Dutchess County, NY | 1999 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Nassau County, NY | 1996 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Niagara County, NY | 1998 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| New York State | 1987 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Delaware County, Ohio | 1998 | ✓ | ||||
| Franklin County, Ohio | 1993 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Knox County, Ohio | 1994 | ✓ | ||||
| Passed-amended | ||||||
| Falmouth, Mass | 1998 | ✓ | ||||
| New Bedford, Mass | 1999 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Wakefield, Mass | 1997 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Forsythe County, NC | 1994 | ✓ | ||||
| Passed-rescinded | ||||||
| Bourne, Mass | 1996 | ✓ | ||||
| Guilford County, NC | 1993 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Wake County, NC | 1993 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Monongalia County, WV | 1998 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Unknown as of yet | ||||||
| State of Arkansas | 2001 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Putnam County, NY | 2000 | ✓ | ||||