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OutNow Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 03:54 AM
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18. What?
The FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. The fact that tobacco was excluded from oversight by the efforts of powerful corporations, even though it contains drugs that are very addictive and drugs that have been known to cause cancer for over 50 years, should give you pause. This bill is not micromanagement, this bill is common sense.

Imagine if a baking company sold bread for 50 years and it was known to cause cancer and the government did nothing to stop it. No, I can't imagine it either.

Both my parents smoked and died from it. I thought it was a filthy habit and never smoked, but my older sister became addicted as a teen. She's two years older and looks twenty years older.
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