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The federaJ government has for the last 30 >ears failed in its policy 

 responsibilities to protect the Amencan public from adulterated and misbranded 

 products in the form of tobacco products. For too long the federal government 

 has side-stepped the issue of regulating this nations leading cause of disease and 

 disability. It seems almost mconceivable that a public health issue of this 

 magnitude can be virtually ignored by our policy makers. 



The evidence of tobacco manufacturer intent to sell tobacco prtxiucts as drugs 

 under the Food. Drug and Cosmetic Act is clear and convincing. The Food and 

 Drug Administration can no longer afford to sit idle while hundreds of thousands 

 of Americans die each year, and while 3,000 children try this addictive drug for 

 the first time each and every day. 



