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02/17/98 12:47 FAX 202 225 8185
GOV REF MIN
5
004
PRESS CONFERENCE ON TOBACCO LEGISLATION
REMARKS BY DR. C. EVERETT KOOP, M.D., SC.D.
RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC
FEBRUARY 17, 1998
THANK YOU FOR ASSEMBLING HERE THIS MORNING. YOU ALL ARE MOST
WELCOME.
THE PRESIDENT, THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY AND SOME FARSIGHTED,
CONSCIENTIOUS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO SEE COMPREHENSIVE,
EFFECTIVE TOBACCO LEGISLATION ENACTED DURING THIS SESSION OF
CONGRESS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PUBLIC WANTS IT, AND SUFFERS THE
CONSEQUENCES OF ITS ABSENCE. IF THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MESSAGE THAT I
WOULD LIKE CONGRESS TO HEAR TODAY, THIS IS IT.
WITH NEARLY ONE OF EVERY FIVE DEATHS CAUSED BY **TOBACCO. WITH
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE TOBACCO-RELATED
DISEASES AND DISABILITIES, THE PUBLIC PAYS FOR TOBACCO MANY TIMES AND
IN MANY WAYS. ONLY THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY PROFITS FROM THIS HARM
AND THIS WASTE OF RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL.
IN SPITE OF GROWING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF
TOBACCO USE, IN SPITE OF THE REVELATIONS OF HOW THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
HAS HIDDEN TRUTHS IT HAS LONG KNOWN ABOUT THE HARM THEIR PRODUCTS
CAUSE, LIED WHEN CONFRONTED AND DENIED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY; THE SITUATION IS GETTING
WORSE. THE ILLEGAL USE OF TOBACCO, THAT IS, USE BY CHILDREN AND
YOUTHS, HAS BEEN INCREASING STEADILY FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. THE
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