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Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2007-06-06
Author: JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer
Intro: Dozens of members of Congress are urging women's magazines like Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Glamour to stop accepting tobacco ads, saying such ads threaten the health of the teenagers and young women who form a large part of their readership.
In a letter sent Tuesday to 11 publications, the 41 lawmakers, led by Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., said it was ironic that tobacco ads appear in the same pages as articles on women's health.
The Congress members said they were particularly concerned by ads for Camel No. 9, the smartly packaged new cigarette by R.J. Reynolds which has been heavily marketed to women. "To our great concern, R.J. Reynolds is heavily relying on leading women's magazines, including yours, to aggressively market this deadly product to young women, including teenagers," they wrote. The letter was released to the media on Wednesday.
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[A]s a nurse, a mother and a grandmother, I am very concerned about popular women's magazines accepting the advertising dollars of cigarette manufacturers and turning a blind eye towards the deadly effect these cigarettes have on women.
Rep. Lois Capps,(D-CA), in a letter sent Tuesday to 11 women's magazines--including Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Glamour-- on behalf of 41 lawmakers.
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