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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 33 The FDA, tobacco regulation and state lawsuits |
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| | A 1995 Herblock cartoon in the Washington Post shows a cigarette company |
| | salesman saying to a young girl "I want to protect you from government bureaucrats" in |
| | front of an ad for Carcino cigarettes which says "Don't Smoke, Kids! Unless you want |
| | to look slim and sophisticated. Together we can work things out." |
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| | A poll showed 73% of all Americans favor new restrictions on tobacco sales, 67% |
| | back banning magazine, newspaper and billboard cigarette ads, and 82% of voters |
| | overall and 76% of smokers think that tobacco companies should be banned from |
| | using cartoons or other advertising attractive to children. |
| | USA Today, August 4, 1995, p. 14D |
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| | In response to the FDA's proposals to regulate tobacco, the five largest tobacco |
| | companies and their lobbying organization, the Tobacco Institute, dumped more than |
| | 47,000 pages of comments on the FDA, including a 2,000 page position statement |
| | and 45,000 more pages of supporting material. |
| | US News and World Report, January 15, 1996, p. 12 |
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