IN WAKE OF FTC RULING TODAY, SENS. LAUTENBERG, SNOWE HAIL END OF DECADES OF TOBACCO INDUSTRY LIES
November 26, 2008
November 26, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The office of Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., issued the following news release:
After years of pressure from Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that tobacco companies are no longer allowed to use the outdated "FTC Method" of testing tar and nicotine levels as the basis for marketing claims of "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes. Sens. Lautenberg and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have writt . . .
After years of pressure from Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that tobacco companies are no longer allowed to use the outdated "FTC Method" of testing tar and nicotine levels as the basis for marketing claims of "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes. Sens. Lautenberg and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have writt . . .