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OCR Page 1 of 6411/03/97 5:22 PM
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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The Congress finds that -
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(1) The Food and Drug Administration and other public health
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authorities consider the use of tobacco products by the Nation's children to
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be a pediatric disease of epic and worsening proportions that results in new
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generations of tobacco-dependent children and adults.
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(2) A consensus exists within the scientific and medical communities
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that tobacco products are inherently dangerous and cause cancer, heart
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disease and other serious adverse health effects.
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(3) The Food and Drug Administration and other health authorities
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have concluded that virtually all new users of tobacco products are under
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legal age.
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(4) The President, the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal
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Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and public health authorities
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recognize that tobacco advertising and marketing contribute significantly to
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the use of nicotine-containing tobacco products by adolescents.
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(5) Because past efforts to restrict advertising and marketing of
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tobacco products have failed to curb tobacco use by adolescents, new,
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