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| Anti-smoking advocates decry lost opportunity to regulate cigarettes8 October 2004 15 26 Source »»»Now, these advocates say, the tobacco industry will continue marketing cigarettes to children and making unsubstantiated claims about new products. Most tobacco companies opposed an effort in the Senate to link the tobacco farmer aid and a plan to give the Food and Drug Administration oversight of the sale, manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products. The farmer buyout will end the Depression-era federal tobacco program, which sets price and production controls on U-S leaf. This week, House and Senate lawmakers negotiating a compromise corporate tax bill endorsed an approach sought by House leaders that gives the farmers the help they want without also imposing new restrictions on cigarette makers. The House passed the tax legislation tonight. |
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