Would you inhale carbon monoxide? Expose yourself to polonium-210? Ingest hydrogen cyanide? Is it OK to market a product that contains these deadly chemicals to our children?
Such a deadly product already exists! It's called a cigarette, and every time someone takes a puff they are exposed to carbon monoxide, polonium-210, hydrogen cyanide and thousands of other chemicals. More than 1,000 kids get hooked every single day.
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Cigarettes are much more than tobacco rolled in paper. Did you know there are over 4,000 chemicals in a single puff of cigarette smoke, and at least 69 of them are known to cause cancer?
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Almost every product has a list of ingredients somewhere on the label. So isn't it strange that there isn't a list of ingredients on a pack of cigarettes? Isn't it outrageous that tobacco companies can market these products to children or lie to the public about how harmful they are?
Big Tobacco gets away with these harmful practices because tobacco products are exempt from basic health regulations that apply to other products, such as food, drugs and even dog food.
Now legislation has been introduced in Congress to end this special protection for Big Tobacco and give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products. Among other things, the FDA would have authority to:
