Chapter 33 The FDA, tobacco regulation and state lawsuits

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1997 statement from the American Medical Association's Campaign for Tobacco

Free Kids: "What are tobacco lobbyists trying to buy from Congress? After decades

of lying about addiction and disease, tobacco companies have launched a last-ditch

scheme to continue marketing to kids: flood Congress with cash. During the first half

of 1995, tobacco industry contributions to political parties skyrocketed more than 400

percent. Tobacco companies gave more than $1.6 million ($1.5 million to

Republicans), becoming the GOP's largest donor by far. Why the sudden surge?

President Clinton and members of Congress from both parties are backing new limits

on tobacco marketing to kids - limits that could save thousands of children from

addiction, disease and death. Tobacco companies are desperately trying to buy

opposition. Voters want Congress to say no to the tobacco industry. More than 85%

say Congress should support the administration's effort to protect children."

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Al Hunt's "Outrage of the Week" on CNN's Capital Gang from March 20, 1996:

"Some Washington think tanks are leading the move to weaken the FDA and its

efforts to regulate the tobacco industry. Thanks to the Wall Street Journal's Timothy

Noah and Laurie McGinley, we discover that the Washington Legal Foundation,

Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation, leaders

in the anti-FDA campaign, all are getting big bucks from the cigarette companies. Let

us label these so-called think tanks for what they are, front men for the tobacco

interests."

Al Hunt's "Outrage of the Week" on CNN's Capital Gang from March 20, 1996:

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Conservative think tanks behind a movement to curb the Food and Drug

Administration's regulatory powers received $3.5 million or more from tobacco

companies over the past four years. The think tanks include the American Enterprise

Institute, the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Hudson Institute, the

Washington Legal Foundation and the Progress and Freedom Foundation. They

have used the money to produce "a steady stream of reports, fact sheets, op-ed

articles and newspaper, radio

Associated Press, July 24, 1996

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