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Directions: There is discussion of putting graphic images on tobacco products warning of health impacts. How might the iron triangle, which is
a simplified version of an issue network, illustrate the actions taken by the tobacco lobby to prevent this from happening?
Congress Finance &
Agricultural
Committees
Court Decisions
District, Circuit, and
Supreme Courts
Revolving Door
Tobacco industry
insiders become
government
officials
Special Interest
Groups Tobacco
Manufacturers,
Lobbyists, and Farmers
Bureaucracy Food
and Drug
Administration,
Center for Tobacco
Products; Dept of
Agriculture
Validate constitutionality of
laws
Provide information on
regulatory actions, assist with
constituent complaints, testify
in oversight committees
Validate constitutionality of
actions taken by bureaucracy