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You don't negotiate with the enemy. You don't sit down with the tobacco companies. There is no reason for a public health group to put compromises in a bill unless they are trying to appease Philip Morris in order to retain their support for the bill.
Mike Seigel, a Boston University professor with close ties to the antismoking movement, on the CTFK/MO partnership in working for FDA regulation.

[Myers and Corr of Tobacco-Free Kids] are most definitely pursuing this [FDA regulation] for the public interest. They are definitely not pursuing it because they have any sympathy whatsoever for the tobacco industry.
John Scruggs, vice president of government affairs for Altria Group.

Guilty as charged, if the charge is did we roll up our sleeves and say, 'What are we going to accomplish?' and 'How do we get there?'
Matt Myers, president of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, on working with Philip Morris to attain FDA regulation of tobacco.