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!1] ,C __3~ 6 ~> . TOBACCO I NSTITUT 1875 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.,20006 INFORMATION! SERVICES This Material Is Distributed As AniAid To Industry Understanding Of Importanti Public Issues 0 Vol. 83/No. 46 May 2, 1983 ' F TAXS:STATE USA TODAY:WASHINGTON,DC 1983-05-02 (Newspaper Clip) ID Z15782 ACROSS THE USA Various proposals to fund the 1992 World's Fair in Chicago will be studied;by the Illinois House, USA TODAY reported. The paper said fair promoters have proposed a penny-a-pack cigarette tax and a one percent statewide hotel tax. USA TODAY:WASHINGTON,DC 1983-05-0~ (Newspaper Clip) ID Z15783'. ACROSS THE USA According to the paper, a tax package aimed' at raising $210 million over two years is expected to pass in, the Nevada Senate today. Among the items in the package, USA TODAY said, are higher taxes on tobacco products and increased property taxes. SMOK:MARIJUANA POST DISPATCH:ST LOUIS,MO 1983-04-241 (Newspaper Clip) ID Z15785 MARIJUANA NOT AS LETHAL AS TOBACCO by Judy L. Newmark Newmark wanted to know if marijuana smokers run the same kinds of health risks as cigarette smokers. Dr. William Pollin, director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse sai , n terms of acute effects, pot is much more destructive. But in terms of contribution to mortality--the bottom line--we know that cigarettes are the most dangerous drug in the country." 4,4 ~;r. .& Sl S' ~, .1~~ ~~~' I ~' 1),tss66C i'9.u 4s i y W.s ri L,Q.-, G4lr.)t cws rafr+ti-+r7 .r.T~4. rv ORIN=

., 4 COUN:JAPAN TRIBUNE:NEW 1€ORK,NY 1983-04-25 (Newspaper Clip) ID Z15784 FIERCELY COMPETITIVE JAPAN FINDS RELEASE-IN CIGARETTE SMOKE by Atsuko Chiba The prevalence of smoking in Japan, 70.1 percent of men and 16.2 percent of women, is a result of the tensions in the country, social psychologists said. Men in particular, locked~ in fierce competition to succeed, smoke and~ drink heavily as a release from stress they stated. Chiba reported that a na ionwi e camp gains smoking, which was launched five years' ago, was "doomed " fr= the start" because its organizers were women, which meant that men automatically rejected it. He also said the government has been reluctant to discourage smoking since it derives revenues from cigarette sales, which are run by a state monopoly. LEAF:PRICE SUPPORTS CONGRE REC:WASHINGTON,DC (Congressional Document) ID'Z15786- 1983-04-27 Rep. Bob McEwen (R-OH') inserted his testimony'before the House Agriculture Committee on the tobacco pride-support program in an effort to get other members to join "in pressing for the continuation of this program~." CONGRE REC:WASHINGTON,DC (Congressional Document) ID Z15787 1983-04-28 Sen. Jake Garn (R-UT) introduced the Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1983, a bill to eliminate the tobacco acreage allotment program and repeal the price-support loan system. SOCI:ROTATIONAL WARNING LABELS CONGRE REC:WASHINGTON,DC (Congressional Document) ID Z15788 1983-04-27 Fifteen additional cosponsors on Rep. Henry Waxman's bill calling for rotational warning labels bring the total number of cosponsors to 55. CONGRE REC:WASHINGTON,DC (Congressional Document) ID Z15789 1983-04-28 03734753 Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-RI) was added~ as a cosponsor of Sen. Orrin Hatch's bill calling for rotational warning labels.

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