http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1904250,00.html by Kate Pickert / TIME - The U.S. Senate on Thursday struck the most devastating legislative blow in history to Big Tobacco ... The new bill, ... which passed the House in April, includes tough new restrictions on advertising like allowing only black-and-white text ads in magazines with substantial youth readerships, mandates that manufacturers prove or stop using claims like "light" and "low tar," bans flavored cigarettes (except menthol) and makes provisions for large, graphic warning labels.
The company's main rival ... is still in dismay over Philip Morris' reversal from regulation opponent to champion. ... the new restrictions cut off most remaining avenues available for advertising and ban marketing stunts like free-sample cigarette giveaways, the companies' ability to "communicate" (i.e., gain market share) with potential and existing smokers about their products will be blocked. In addition, the administrative costs of complying with FDA regulations favor large manufacturers over smaller ones.
"Philip Morris wants the public-health community to join them in finding the holy grail: the safe cigarette," says Gregory Connolly, a tobacco expert and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
- Smart Regulation -
- limiting the growth of a damaging product -
- and they did it without impacting current jobs -
http://www.tobaccofreedom.org/issues/specials/mccain.html - Friday, February 4, 2000 The Washington Post, Page A04By John Mintz / Washington Post Staff Writer - At a news conference in Seabrook, S.C., McCain said he welcomed assaults by the tobacco industry and said they underscored his call for changes in the campaign finance system. "I'm honored by the attacks by the people who addicted our children and lied to Congress," he said.
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