Writing Letters for Tobacco Control



      Keep those cards and letters coming...

      Stanton Glantz Research


      Congress' attempt to interfere with the NCI's grant approval process by excising a grant given to Dr. Stanton Glantz for tobacco research must be protested.

      Contact your Senators and Representative and ask them to protect academic freedom and stop interfering with research on tobacco. Also contact:


      Dr. Richard D. Klausner
      Director, National Cancer Institute
      Bldg. 31, Room 11A48
      9000 Rockville Pike
      Bethesda, MD 20892.

    • The FDA coment period is over. But don't forget OSHA! The situation is serious. See the ScarcNet Alert.

      OSHA's proposed regulation of workplace smoking also has generated a massive outpouring from the tobacco industry--OSHA has received an unprecedented 100,000 comments--most reportedly reflecting the industry's postion.

      OSHA had proposed a smoking ban in workplaces a year ago, and was supposed to have come to a final ruling by the end of this year, but the rule-makeing process, according to the Legal Times, has been gummed up by:

    • The agency being flooded with of tens of thousands of comments instigated by tobacco interests.
    • The OSHA hearings being dragged out for months by tobacco interests.
    • Threats by tobacco interests to seek Congressional action to block implementation of any adverse rulings.
    • The ongoing threat of being "defunded" by a Congress which has received an unprecedented amount of tobacco contributions this year.

      To get an idea of what's happening, check out tobacco industry scientists' OSHA Q&A Tobacco industry scientists answer questions on the relationship between Primary Smoking & Lung Cancer

      • Send coments to:

      Tom Hall
      U.S. Department of Labor
      200 Constitution Avenue, NW
      Room N-3647
      Washington, DC 20210
      fax: (202) 219-5986

      2. FDA Comment Period ended January 2, 1995. We'll keep the address around awhile; who knows, Dr. Kessler may still like to hear from you.


      Letters should be sent to:


      Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)
      Food and Drug Administration
      Room 1-23
      12420 Parklawn Drive
      Rockville, Maryland 20857
      RE: Docket No. 95N-0253

      Pressures on Clinton, though, are still enormous. Letters of support may be sent to:

      President Bill Clinton
      The White House
      1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
      Washington, DC 20500 E-Mail: president@whitehouse.gov,

      Updated 1/25/96


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