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Why shouldn't tobacco be treated as the addictive drug it is when all other nicotine 

 products are strictly regulated by the FDA? 



Why shouldn't tobacco products be regulated when they are known to cause cancer, heart 

 disease, emphysema, birth defects and many other medical conditions? 



Why should the tobacco industry be allowed to make misleading and deceptive advertising 

 and labeling claims to keep smokers and nonsmokers believing that certain products are 

 safer and less addictive? 



Why should the tobacco industry be allowed to add hundreds if not thousands of chemicals 

 to its products without disclosing them to the public or providing the FDA with the 

 scientific data that ensures the additives are in fact safe when used in the products? 



Why shouldn't the tobacco industry be required by an agency like the FDA to disclose 

 dangerous chemical constituents in tobacco smoke such as arsenic, benzine, and cyanide, to 

 name just a few of several thousand? 



Why shouldn't the tobacco industry be required to provide warnings about environmental 

 tobacco smoke, or addiction, or stroke, or osteoporosis, to name just a few? 



Why shouldn't the tobacco industry's advertising and marketing practices be held to the 

 same or comparable standards that other legal products, such as pharmaceutical products, 

 are held? 



And why, Mr. Chairman, are there no federal enforcement mechanisms to ensure that 

 tobacco products are not being given out as free samples or sold to minors? 



