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[ ]0033052 Harmless Puff? PmctlQdly ~11 the tar was filtered out of the fedmd trade ~ommlsalon'e rule r~luldns that by next year uljptret labels end edvertleln8 Mform tlu public "that ¢~- ret imoJun8 Is daneemus to health end may ~uae d~sth For one t~dne. FTC Chafrmnn Paul ]bind DLm)n undot~t the force of the nde at the outset ~ declarin8 that '~o ¢ip~t emupany has to follow this ~ if tbe~ don't want ¢o~ Appeal 8s weU Imve mild to ~ho clemer Jmker~ ePiee~e eppual, boys, we don't Iswe • leg to stand on." For another 8hln~, tbe 153 iJ~e smme~t that aceOml~U~ed the rule Said tin FTC was lesvin8 tin full. ~u8 f~Mon." 7b18 leave8 it up to the Madi. mn A~en~e w:ts to rake the dansu" of ~ sound the precedent they vould be 8ett~q. Alter cJp~ta, eoto~ mobi|es nd~t be next. One can 81Moat Me tbe I~ll which Use ride mi~ ~t etUl b ~Jn~ to keep the public eknted to the da~ers of civet mo~n~-md thnfs sunethin~ 8Fo~Tt~nb~'S~ 8out:h (~roltna TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Cigaroffe Danger I.a l Is Logical Development J~v i~roduc~ wbloh did no~ touch os r.~any peo. pie and tax revenues ~_t does tobacco would l~ve Ion~ s~o be~n labeled "don~er~us" by official e~t o~ the Federel ~overnmen$. The su~priuln~ thin| m met t~e ~overnment delayed 88 long ea It h~ in requiring tobacco d~lereS to promtnently display., s warnin~ of poaalble on e~ch P~kase'o~ cl~arene8. Bueh & ~arntn8 Is no! ll~el¥ to ma~ertsJly tit0 eaJe (s.'ld use of oJ~ttee. This has been de~ol~ ot~,~i over Jmd over e881n down through tile yesr8 wlte~ the ftmt reports on e.~cer resenrcts ,,~,~ When such findings were rule~eed -- lu~ ~s the eese renenUy wins ~e epentsl commtsslon repmt • .,el~ret~ 8aJes 4e~llne4 for n w~dle and then ~'ad- ~ moved rieht tm~ to m~re normst ~onsump- t~ms le~eis. A few people have quit ~nokla~. More f4~ed snd oenn ~eturned to Uselr old Just bemuse tobscon S8 a n~er s~=teullarel erop, Ionchln8 the live8 of t~onsoads of Ce~ollnas f~rmeru, a mslor manufacturer In our nulebbof In~ ruble, North Csrolma, nnd a m~Jor revenue producer for the l~edorsl 8overnment ~nd monl the elates ts no tee•an why, wllb the flndlnp sire•d7 81Jw, nd, th~t It thOuid not be appropriately lsbeled eeme 88 8ny ot~er pl~duo~. The tn4uulr~ n~y ~ke the 1•belles rutln~ eoun. Bu~ in the end ~Jesrettes mu8~ be labeled, ~- ~)rdlng ~o the l~test ftn~n~, ~tt~ r~rd to ~ preset.