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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.legal
Subject: Re: AMA anti-smoking drive
Message-ID: <270@omen.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 08:10:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 08:10:16 1985
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Summary: 

In article <295@ur-tut.UUCP> jtyd@ur-tut.UUCP (Ty Dibble) writes:
>I don't see any first amendment problems.  It seems to fall within 
...
>If the tobacco companies put the money they currently spend on advertising
>into medical care for cancer victims, it would show responsible citizenship.
>If the money the government pays to tobacco farmers was converted to
>medical care over 2-3 years it would give the farmers a chance to change
>jobs.  But it still would not cover all the medical costs. 

The AMA might be better advised to make certain that cigarette victims
are able to recover damages from the tobacco industry.  If the victims
(and their insurance companies) were able to recover dmamages, the cigarette
companies might have less money to allocate to advertising designed to
enlist new addicts.

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