Tell Senators to Protect Children from Tobacco Use
Tuesday, June 02, 2009By Richard Land
Jun 1, 2009
Dear Friends:
The power to save untold thousands of lives from experiencing disease and premature death from tobacco use is within reach.
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to provide oversight on the tobacco industry. Currently, Big Tobacco packages and promotes its products with virtually no meaningful checks. This results in some 400,000 tobacco-related deaths each year. And much of the industry’s $13 billion in annual marketing is directed at children to allure new consumers to replace dying ones. This should not be permitted to continue.… Read Full Article