A survey found that over 70% of local health officials and 60% of mayors reported abandoning or delaying local policymaking efforts because of the threat of state preemption...

Written By Adam Polaski

A survey found that over 70% of local health officials and 60% of mayors reported abandoning or delaying local policymaking efforts because of the threat of state preemption. Local policies chilled by the threat of preemption included efforts to regulate commercial tobacco, environmental hazards, firearms, minimum wage, safe housing, and transportation, among others. Read more from Rutkow L, McGinty MD, Wetter S, Vernick JS. Local Public Health Policymakers' Views on State Preemption: Results of a National Survey, 2018. Am J Public Health. 2019;109(8):1107-1110. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305140.

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