| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 32 Political issues |
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| Political issues: Federal and Congress |
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| In 1987, the Federal Trade Commission, which governs tobacco advertising and |
| labels, ceded responsibility for measuring cigarette tar and nicotine levels to the |
| Tobacco Institute, the industry's lobbying arm. |
| U.S. News and World Report, April 18, 1994, p. 35 |
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| An Advocacy Institute report concludes: "Tobacco money buys influence to oppose |
| federal legislation to increase tobacco taxes, to restrict tobacco advertising and |
| promotion, and to enact other laws to control the use of this deadly substance." |
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| A bill that would have allowed tobacco companies to deduct only 80% of advertising |
| expenses was defeated in the Senate in 1992. |
| JAMA, October 27, 1993, p. 1984 |
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| "We should actively oppose any legislation that preempts stronger local laws, that |
| criminalizes children for tobacco purchase, use or possession, that shields tobacco |
| companies from product liability or elevates smoking to protected 'rights' category. |
| These issues serve to protect the tobacco industry." |
| Tobacco Use: An American Crisis, p. 102 |
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| The preemption provision of the Cigarette Advertising and Labeling Act has served to |
| inhibit major public health initiatives such as billboard bans, restrictions on |
| youth-oriented marketing, and product liability suits. |
| Tobacco Use: An American Crisis, p. 104 |
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