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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 32 Political issues |
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| | Political issues: General |
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| | "Arnold Schwarzenegger resigned in 1993 as chairman of the President's Council on |
| | Physical Fitness and Sports. At the same time, this fitness icon appeared virtually |
| | everywhere with a cigar dangling from his mouth. To millions of kids who look up to |
| | him as one of the finest specimens of virility, health, strength and sex appeal, |
| | Schwarzenegger is setting a dangerous double standard. Welcome to the STAT Hall |
| | of Shame, Arnold." |
| | Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Summer 1993 |
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| | Michael Lippman, MD, had had it. Armed with a can of blood-red spray paint, he set |
| | out before dawn one winter morning to scale the billboard near his hospital "CAMEL |
| | FILTERS. It's a whole new world", the sign screamed. "OF CANCER", the Seattle |
| | family physician added, before police led him off in handcuffs. |
| | American Medical News, August 9, 1993 |
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| | When asking for compensation for billboards that are removed, Florida advertisers |
| | claim that their signs are worth $40,000 to $60,000 each. When they calculate |
| | property taxes, however, this figure drops to $400. |
| | Audubon, August 1991, p. 16 |
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| | In 1985, Philip Morris paid Reagan aide Michael Deaver $250,000 to try to secure |
| | concessions from South Korea on tobacco imports. |
| | The Progressive, May 1991, p. 29 |
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| | A New York Times editorial referred to the "white collar drug pushers" in the tobacco |
| | industry. |
| | Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Summer 1993 |
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