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No. 10
from Jolie
Old Jun 01, 2009, 03:37 PM

Default Re: American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco
Originally Posted by elkpark View Post
there are countless products that are legal but regulated. It's not an "all or nothing," "either/or" situation.
Yes, there are. But I can't think of another non-profit that stands to benefit from the very product it proclaims to protect us from.

Either tobacco is safe or not. The ACS is clouding the issue, likely for its own gain.
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No. 11
Old Jun 05, 2009, 08:26 AM

Default Re: American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco
This isn't a vote on tobacco taxation, or about the method in which tobacco tax dollars are spent, it's a vote on what agency will regulate the product. Since tobacco is, by all definitions, a drug, it would seem quite reasonable that it be regulated by the FDA. I, for one, would love to see cigarette manufacturers actually have to print what ingredients they are putting in their product (plutonium anyone? or how about a little arsenic or cyanide?)
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No. 12
Old Jun 26, 2009, 08:30 AM

Default Re: American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco
BTW, the bill was passed and signed by President Obama.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/co...ecomes_Law.asp
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