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{at}uicc.org
No other industry is allowed the regulatory anarchy currently enjoyed by the tobacco industry
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 hands of Philip Morris’s public relations strategy.”
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