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KEN SILVERSTEIN-Congress and Menthols |
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Contributed by Ken Silverstein
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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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