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The target of Big Tobacco's wrath is the long-standing, long-laughed-off Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs.

Despite the anti-smoking movement dating back to the 1964 surgeon general's warning that smoking was linked to cancer, there are still more than 40 million smokers in the United States, about one in five.

Despite the anti-smoking movement dating back to the 1964 surgeon general's warning that smoking was linked to cancer, there are still more than 40 million smokers in the United States, about one in five.

The Federal Trade Commission requires that bidi importers submit a plan detailing how they are going to comply with the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act by labeling their packs and cartons with one of the four standard Surgeon General's warnings before the cigarettes can be imported into the United States.

They have continued public relations efforts by using money to influence Congressional votes to defeat anti-tobacco legislation; to beat plaintiffs in court by forcing them to spend all their resources in lengthy trials; to argue that the 1964 Surgeon General's Warning on cigarette packages provides a defense against lawsuits; and to hide internal company reports that are potentially damaging.

Surgeon General's warning, and the company has followed all federal laws in measuring and reporting the tar and nicotine yields of those cigarettes," Ohlemeyer said.

surgeon general's warning 45 years ago that tobacco causes lung cancer.

Byline: Stuart Eskenazi; Seattle Times staff reporter Perhaps there ought to have been a surgeon general's warning for this.