Oncology NEWS International. Vol. 4 No. 3

ASIM Joins Coalition in Effort to Bring Tobacco Industry Under FDA Control

March 1, 1995

WASHINGTON--The American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM) joined the Coalition on Smoking OR Health in its effort to create FDA oversight of the tobacco industry. ASIM's policy on tobacco supports stronger cigarette labels, increasing the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21, and a ban on tobacco advertising or at least elimination of its tax deductibility.

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ASIM Joins Coalition in Effort to Bring Tobacco Industry Under FDA Control

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