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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I AENTUCKY FARM BUREAU FEDEeAT10R 4=18UN8EN PARKWAY • P.O. 8Ox 20700 •(.GUi8vIl1.E, kY. AQ?SO.a,oO • PHONE (6pa A66a000 FAX (6G2) 4QH114 NEWS RELEASE ReRort an tobacco smoke is good newa to farmers (FOR IbDiEDIAT'L RELEASE) LOiJISVII.L.B, KBNIVCKY. Navember 14,1995: A Cong:tssional b2eseamh Sesvice report rcfutirg asaerdamss about the dangert of secondhand smmoke fa aaflGStonc fn mbacco growers` frght agair~st xar.io on their fndmy, Keamcley Fnffi B>am Presideat WiIIiua R. ^,jrague said today. Srragne dmcnbxd the report tmcludina that there was nn qdendfic juaa6earlon far raokfng band as lttSltetililg IICwa" to ttG .~>1Dft 6D= tOb=o fala7Cr3 who havC been battling ft CUlton adminfsaatia~'a proposal to c.i=tfyaobacco as z diug jubject m increasad iejulation. °'Ibis affirnu aar ccatentioa that nateh of the artti-mbacco agenda in Washington is chivra by crndan, rather dm hct,," bt s&U Agt>ceing was Davfta,l Comtry farmtr Rod KneEel, who #s gizsfdent of the &ui,sy Tobacco C3toanYS Cooperatiw Amciati®. "Tids not only gumtiraos the need for smoft bans, bit it also zoisea serieas qnestIm abont ft acedibWry of zny foderal bnceiuaiey thac is puahing tme and-tobacco aganda:• Knegel ssid-'• If yeu cm't wuat tha ae-catkd scieaee ftm the BnAronas=W Pmoeadan Agency and tbc Ocwpatl=al SaPety and Heatth Ar3miniatrattiml, thaiwhy shauld inyone beHeve the Food aad DiuQ Achniairiftatf,an's assoctioae tbat tobacco products warrant ftther regulatinnT' Sprague was quick to point out that th,e CRS ii g aoa-pafian orbaai=ttan with "ho a=da other than to proYide aeeuratd iaform.tton to Congnu." Mo:zover, he nnoed that the CR.S smdy was :equasbed by one of tobarco't bigaesc appoaents ia Caagirw. Califarnia Sanator Hnncq Rtammm Isopelwy, this new iafocmaden will cool cbe heals of ttwse $uided lay the small gtonp of aati- eabaoco zwnletit who pstrol C.3pftOl I3i1L" Spmgwe vaid, "Pm*apa thssa p.eapln wiill quit esyi,ag co vse unfoundai goveaarnent regulatinns to ce.ttrItx the adult use of a legal product° r _30- 0 9% . ~ CJ ~ Cai ~ ~ I