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Sen. Brown Draws Bead On Tobacco Ads

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is vowing to fight what he says are new attempts by tobacco companies to sell cigarettes to kids. Elected last fall, he notes the "the Senate again is re-engaging in the whole tobacco issue," adding that the industry "lied" when they said they had stopped marketing to children. He points to similarities between a new cigarette campaign and a popular perfume.

"There's a new ad campaign, Camel No. 9," Brown says. "It looks like Chanel No. 19. It's pink. ... You can't look at Camel No. 9 and think they're not marketing to children, or marketing to young girls -- 15-, 16-, 17-year-old girls." Brown adds that Congress is moving to give the Food and Drug Administration more regulatory power over tobacco that would help end "this kind of solicitation..."

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