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KEN SILVERSTEIN?Congress and Menthols |
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From a reader: ?This might be the sickest, slickest thing to come out of Congress since the Dems took over, and, I think, something that Henry Waxman is losing a lot of sleep over. Waxman got Phillip Morris and the AMA to sign on to a measure that would put tobacco under the FDA, which on its own is a big deal. But as part of the compromise, the FDA has no regulatory jurisdiction over the content of advertising, or?critically?menthol cigarettes. Menthols are a) more addictive b) more carcinogenic and c) smoked more by young people and African Americans. . . .
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