The nicotine in cigarettes should be regulated as a life-threatening drug, the nation’s top medical group said Thursday, piling pressure on the Clinton administration to impose new restrictions on the nation’s $45-billion-a-year tobacco industry.
July 13, 1995
The health of our nation is more important than the profits of any single industry, the American Medical Association says in an editorial in next week’s issue of its journal. The editorial blasts the predatory industry for deliberately deceiving smokers for years.
Speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden Thursday, President Clinton supported more government restrictions on cigarette smoking by youngsters. But Clinton said it was
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