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Article: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Court Ruling Upholding EPA Finding that Secondhand Smoke is a Carcinogen Is a Triumph of Public Health
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- U.S. Newswire
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- December 12, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by
William V. Corr, executive vice president of the Campaign for Tobacco-
Free Kids, on the Federal Court ruling upholding the EPA finding that
secondhand smoke is a carcinogen:
Yesterday's unanimous decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals to uphold a 1993 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report
on the dangers of secondhand smoke is a triumph of sound science and
public health over the special interests of the tobacco industry.
The ruling decisively affirms the EPA's authority to make scientific
judgments and issue them without political, legal, or industry
interference. The same science that led EPA to ...