Category: Risk Analysis

Text: Tobacco Industry-State Attorneys General Settlement of June 20, 1997

TEXT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL/ TOBACCO INDUSTRY SETTLEMENT Friday, June 20, 1997, 3:00 p.m. PROPOSED RESOLUTION PREAMBLE This legislation would mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed and distributed in this country. The nation can ...
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Demon Tobacco, by Doug Bandow

National Policy Analysis #149 /
Introduction Political crusades tend to be most successful when directed against an enemy of one sort or another. To promote the public interest is tough. To attack someone who is seemingly obstructing the public interest is far easier. Now the ...
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Is President Clinton’s Attack on Tobacco an Attack on the Constitution?

Press Release /
For Immediate Release: August 23, 1996 Conact: Chad Cowan (202) 507-6398 "President Clinton's decision to accept most of the Food and Drug Administration's recommended tobacco regulations is disappointing, " said Amy Moritz, President of The National Center for Public Policy ...
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Giving Back Gained Ground: The Clinton Administration and the War on Drugs, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #145 /
"You should know that every year for the last three years, murders have dropped and robberies have dropped and drug use has dropped... The number of cocaine users has fallen by 30 percent in the last three years alone." -- ...
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New FDA Tobacco Regulations Raise Constitutional and Economic Questions, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #147 /
The Food and Drug Administration has recently proposed some new tobacco and advertising regulations that invoke serious constitutionalas well as practical questions. The new regulations have the full endorsement of the Clinton Administration, which has championed and campaigned on their ...
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Food and Drug Administration Takes on the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #147 /
Backed by the Clinton Administration, the Food and Drug Administration is waging its latest crusade against tobacco. The FDA seeks to finger nicotine as a drug, cigarettes a drug delivery device, and, despite the recent increase in illegal drug use ...
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President Clinton Regulates Tobacco for Political Gain, David A. Ridenour

Opinion/Editorial by David A. Ridenour, Vice President of The National Center for Public Policy Research Published October 1995 Although the President claims that his decision to impose new regulations on tobacco is based on a desire to protect children from ...
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