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The need for tobacco regulation

Correspondence to:
Nigel Gray
FRACP, Tobacco Unit, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France; nigel@uicc.org

Keywords: tobacco regulation

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Michael Siegel posted the following note on the Globalink listserver on 12 February 2006. Subject: Help Get TFK to Stop Promoting Philip Morris Legislation. "Despite repeated contacts from public health folks urging them to stop, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is continuing to promote the passage of Philip Morris’s chief legislative priority in the United States Congress—the so-called "effective FDA regulation of tobacco products". That is giving Philip Morris access to public health credibility that it does not deserve, and it threatens to make Philip Morris appear to be a respected advocate for effective public health policy. If you think that the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, as an anti-tobacco organisation, should stop doing Philip Morris’ legislative bidding for it, please go to the following link, where you can send a quick letter to the CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids urging them to stop playing into the . . . [Full text of this article]