OBAMA SCOLDS TOBACCO FIRMS FOR FIGHTING NEW LABELS
Friday, November 18, 2011
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Associated
Press (AP)2011-11-17
JIM
KUHNHENN * 11/17/11 5:03 AM Associated Press,731-4064
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/11/obama-scolds-tobacco-firms-fighting-new-labels
President
Barack Obama — pronounced tobacco-free in his latest
medical
checkup — has tough words for cigarette makers.
Some
tobacco companies, he says in a new White House web
video,
are
fighting new cigarette warning labels because "they don't
want
to be honest about the consequences."
The
video, provided to The Associated Press in advance of its
release,
observes Thursday's 36th "Great American Smokeout" by
the
American Cancer Society.
Obama
says the country has made progress in reducing the number
of
Americans who smoke but notes that 46 million are still
addicted.
"The
fact is, quitting smoking is hard," he says. "Believe me,
I
know."
. . .
"Today,
some big tobacco companies are trying to block these
labels
because they don't want to be honest about the
consequences
using their products," Obama says. "Unfortunately,
this
isn't surprising.
"We've
always known that the fight to stop smoking in this
country
won't be easy."
In
the video, the president directs viewers to the Health
and
Human
Services Department website,www.hhs.gov,
which has links
to
resources that can help smokers quit and highlights
government
efforts
to prevent young people from lighting up.
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