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In regulating tobacco, Congress overcomes industry’s pack of lies
Jump to full article: Houston (TX) Chronicle, 2009-06-16
Intro: In 1994, top executives of seven tobacco corporations looked federal lawmakers in the eyes and swore that their products were neither addictive nor carcinogenic. Those statements have long since been proven baldfaced lies, exposed in part by the industry's own secret research. When the CEOs testified under oath, they were well aware of that data.
It's taken 15 years for the U.S. House and Senate to empower the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco . . .
Altria Group, the nation's biggest tobacco company, supported the bill -- no doubt figuring that even tough regulation won't cut off its customers and profits as long as smoking remains highly addictive and legal.
Sadly, they're probably right.
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