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Mr. Campbell. Congressman Synar, I think if you investigate 

 more closely, you'll find that the tobacco industry and our company 

 has very actively supported in States that don't have 18-year age 

 limits, that we very aggressively supported that. 



Mr. Synar. All right. Let's talk about how aggressively you have 

 enforced it. It is your official company position, is it not or is it, 

 regarding withholding a product from retailers who sell cigarettes 

 to minors? Do you or do you not withhold cigarette sales to retail- 

 ers that have been found in violation of selling to minors? 



Mr. Campbell. I don't know of cases in that regard, but I don't 

 know that we have the right to do 



Mr. Synar. Is it your policy that where you find — ^you stated ear- 

 lier that you work with a thousand retailers nationwide in order 

 to enforce against sales to minors. Is it your official or unofficial 

 policy to 



Mr. Campbell. If we have proven egregious abuse of these ciga- 

 rette minors laws, we would not supply those stores. 



Mr. Synar. In the past year, how many retailers has your com- 

 pany stopped selling the product to because you've learned a re- 

 tailer was selling to kids under 18? 



Mr. Campbell. We have learned of no one doing so. There's very 

 few prosecutions brought in that regard, but that doesn't mean 

 that we wouldn't be responsive to any suggestions you have in that 

 regard, Congressman Synar. 



Mr. Synar. So you're telling me that you have not found a viola- 

 tion anywhere in the country, is that correct? 



Mr. Campbell. They have not been brought to my attention, I 

 can say that. 



Mr. Synar. I'd like to conclude my round by infusing a little bit 

 of reality from my own State of Oklahoma. I received on the 15th 

 of March of this year a letter from a young lady named Laura 

 Sandefur. I don't think she's related to you, Mr. Sandefur. She may 

 be. "Dear Congressman, my civics class just saw a movie about 

 your days, what it consists of I enjoyed watching it. I think of you 

 v/orking hard." I had to give my self some advertising here. 



"The purpose of this letter is to try and help me know what I 

 can do with this problem we have. Of about 25 people that ride my 

 bus, about 15 of them smoke. I'm in the eighth grade and I think 

 it's totally wrong. To make matters worse, just recently my mom 

 and I walked into Quick Trip and saw a bunch of cigarettes sitting 

 on the shelf and a sign that said Tree, take one.' By advertising 

 those cigarettes as free they tell kids of all ages that it's OK to 

 smoke. I think that's totally wrong. Would you help me solve this 

 problem and let me know what I can do." 



Does that offend you that free samples are available at Quick 

 Trips across this country where children can walk in as they're 

 purchasing candy and grab one? 



Mr. James Johnston. I don't believe that to be true. We do not 

 do that. We do not support that. 



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