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Article: WHITE HOUSE PUSHES TOUGHER ANTI-TOBACCO BILL ADMINISTRATION CITES RISE IN TEEN SMOKING.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- April 3, 1998
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Byline: Lauran Neergaard Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Armed with new evidence that teen smoking is on the increase, the White House told Congress on Thursday that it wants tougher anti-tobacco legislation and a key Republican implored cigarette companies to go along or get rolled over.
Alarm waves raced through Washington after tobacco critics claimed that R.J. Reynolds was pulling out of the proposed settlement that had formed the basis for congressional legislation. By afternoon, the company vehemently denied it planned to do so.
The furious activity came one day after an unprecedented bill designed to curb tobacco use by teen-agers - and ...