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Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-06-18
Author: SOURCE American School Health Association; National Association
Intro: The American School
Health Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals
and the National School Boards Association today joined together to create
one voice to urge Congress to pass H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention
and Tobacco Control Act, which would give the FDA authority to regulate the
tobacco industry.
These three associations, each formed to assist the Nation's youth,
agree that H.R. 1108's restrictions on advertising, marketing and sales of
tobacco products to children would dramatically improve the protection of
youth's health.
"Children are the most vulnerable and susceptible to advertising
gimmicks,"
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