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Senators reach agreement
on ciaarette label warnings
Associated Press
WASHINGTON ? A compromise on new warning
labels for cigarette packs has been reached that appears to
satisfy both the tobacco industry and health groups, Sen.
Wendell l ord. D-Kv.. savs.
"I think we've arrived at something where we all can say
we have legislation we can pass," Ford told reporters
Monday.
Under the measure, every cigarette pack sold in the
United States would have to carry one of four printed warnings,
replacing the 13-year-old version currently in use:
"The Surgeon Genrcal has determined that cigarette smoking
is dangerous to your health."
The measure already has been passed by the House.
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legislators concerned that it did not meet the approval of all
segments of the industry.
"1 have always said 1 had no intention of stopping the
bill. 1 only wanted input,'' Ford said after meeting with
representatives of health groups that have been pusing the
measure.
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General would be removed from the bill but would appear
in the report accompanying it.
The findings stale, among other things, that "cigarette
smoking is the largest preventable cause of illness and
premature death in the United States, and is associated
with the unnecessary deaths of over 300,000 Americans
annually."
i-ora said there was a concern that such statements in the
bill, itself, would have the force of statute and could raise
product liability problems.
F ord said the agreement would also clarify that responsibility
for the tables does not extend to distributors and
retailers but rests only with the manufacturers.
He said the current language "was murky" about
whether distributions and retailers could be held responsible
for the timely appearance of the warnings. The new
provision. Ford said, would eliminate the possibility that
retailers or distributors could be subject to the $10,000
criminal penalty provided in the legislation.
A third feature of the agreement was a commitment
from the health groups to aid in the restriction of tobacco
imports, l ord said. Details of how that would be done had
not been worked out, he said, adding it "may be in legisla
tion or pressure under present law."
Matthew Myers, with the Coal'iion on Smoking or
health, said the health groups ate ".ieeply concerned about
he fact that there are no restrictions whatsoever" on using
pesticides and other materials banned in the United States
on tobacco imports.
The four new warnings would state:
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physema and may complicate pregnancy."
? Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to
your health."
? Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury.
premature birth and low birth weight."
? Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide.
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Defoliant settle
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CHARLESTON ? A tentative SI80
million settlement in the Agent Orange
case is inadequate because it lets
chemical companies "off the hook"
and will mean less research into the effects
of the defoliant used during the
Vietnam War, the director of a state
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"We need a lot more diagnosis and
treatment research before we know the
full extent of what Agent Orange has
done," said Lee Hunnicutt, the director
of the South Carolina Vietnam
Veterans Leadership Program in
(Nortn enarieston.
On Tuesday, a federal judge in New
York tentatively approved a settlement
in a suit brought by Vietnam veterans
who said they were harmed by Agent
Orange, as well as their families.
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veterans and relatives qualify to
receive the money and says he might
reject the settlement if a satisfactory
plan isn't developed.
But Hunnicutt said that while the
suit represents only 15,000 veterans "a
very high" percentage of the one
million servicemen exposed to combat
in Vietnam were exposed to the
defoliant which was contaminated
with highly-toxic dioxin.
The veterans' lawsuits charged their
exposure to the herbicide caused them
to suffer ailments ranging from skin
rash to cancer. They also blamed the
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