Releases and Statements

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Statement: New Smokeless Products by Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds Underscore Need for Congress To Grant the FDA Authority Over All Tobacco Products (5.4.2006)

Release: R.J. Reynolds Entry Into Smokeless Tobacco Market Cause For Major Concern (4.28.2006)

Statement: California Attorney General Accuses U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company of Violating Master Settlement Agreement by Marketing to Kids (7.27.2005)

Statement: FDA Refuses to Act to Stop Sales of Ariva Tobacco Mints Ruling Points Out Gaping Hole in Consumer Protection (8.29.2003)

Statement: New FTC Report Shows Smokeless Tobacco Marketing Increased 63 Percent in Three Years After 1998 Settlement (8.12.03)

Statement: Congress Should Protect Public From Tobacco Industry Deception by Granting FDA Effective Tobacco Authority (6.3.03)

Statement: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Withdraws Irresponsible Request to FTC To Advertise Smokeless Tobacco Products as Safer Than Cigarette (8.20.02)

Statement: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco’s Suspension of Ads in Four Magazines Falls Woefully Short of Changes Company Should Make (6.7.02)

Statement: United States Smokeless Tobacco Caught Increasing Marketing to Kids After Signing Agreement to Stop (6.4.02)

Release: Public Health Groups Urge FTC to Deny UST Request To Advertise Smokeless Tobacco Products as Safer than Cigarettes (3.1.02)

Statement: UST Puts Profits Ahead of Public Health In Seeking to Claim That Smokeless Tobacco Products are Safer than Cigarettes (2.6.02)

Statement: Study Shows Americans Being Exposed to Higher Levels of Nitrosamines (8.21.01)

Statement: Statement to the Federal Trade Commission on Proposal Regarding Smokeless Tobacco Warning Labels 16 CFR Part 307 (7.24.00)