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The '''Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act''' is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to [[President Obama]]. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124566796165436743.html] | The '''Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act''' is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to [[President Obama]]. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124566796165436743.html] | ||
*The law will force cigarette packs to carry graphic warnings and forbid the use of terms like "mild" and "low tar" in tobacco advertisements. [ibid] | *The law will force cigarette packs to carry graphic warnings and forbid the use of terms like "mild" and "low tar" in tobacco advertisements. [ibid] | ||
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Revision as of 13:20, June 26, 2009
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to President Obama. [1]
- The law will force cigarette packs to carry graphic warnings and forbid the use of terms like "mild" and "low tar" in tobacco advertisements. [ibid]