Earlier today, the same five US Supreme Court Justices who last
year ruled that the FDA didn't have the authority to regulate tobacco
products as drug delivery devices (and who then chose George Bush
as President) preempted States from protecting children from cigarette
advertising. The five conservative Justices (Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas,
Kennedy & O'Connor) ruled that the Federal Cigarette Labeling and
Advertising Act protects the cigarette industry to lure and encourage
youth to smoke, even though it is illegal to sell cigarettes to youth.
Bill Godshall, SmokeFree Pennsylvania, 412-421-0500
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