Chapter 32 Political issues

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Political issues: Federal and Congress

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"Congress has been paid to do nothing. The tobacco lobby distributes hush money to

the legislators, not to buy action, but to buy inaction. The fact that tobacco money buys

pro-tobacco results is clear, consistent, and irrefutable."

Public Citizen, October 1993

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The federal cigarette labeling law prohibits states from regulating tobacco advertising

for health reasons.

Nicotine Addiction, p. 138

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There were at least 26 tobacco control bills at the federal level stuck in committee and

not passed in 1994, including bills that would eliminate tax breaks for tobacco

advertising, force disclosure of chemical additives in cigarettes, end tobacco price

supports, prohibit handing out free samples, require new Surgeon General's warnings

on cigarette packs, and ban smoking in all public buildings.

Tobacco Industry Strategies, p. 27

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In 1905, tobacco state congressmen had the word tobacco removed from that year's

edition of the US Pharmacopoeia where it had been listed at the turn of the century.

This was significant because the Food and Drug Administration, which was created in

1906, could only regulate drugs that appeared in the US Pharmacopoeia.

Annual Review of Public Health 7:130, 1986

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The Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 created the first warning label

stating, "cigarettes may be hazardous to your health." This was a minor defeat in a

large victory for the tobacco industry; the Act made for federal pre-emption of state

and local regulation of advertising. This meant that no state or local government could

pass a more restrictive advertising ban than the federal government's advertising

restrictions.

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