Matthew Myers Tobacco Quotations

I think this represents a historic opportunity to reduce tobacco use among our nation's children, and it has never been more needed.

R.J. Reynolds is trying to use partnerships with reputable organizations like the Miss America State Pageants to create the illusion that it has changed and is part of the solution to the tobacco problem.

Today, teenage girls smoke in record numbers, because the tobacco companies have been successful in associating smoking with independence, freedom, rebellion, and for many girls, a key for weight loss.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi has succeeded precisely because in this state, politicians kept their promise about why they brought the tobacco lawsuit.

These agreements have helped change the social norm in which it was easy for young people to purchase tobacco products. The significance of the 7-Eleven agreement depends on whether it extends to franchisees and whether it is strictly enforced by the corporate office.

The FDA didn't act earlier only because the tobacco industry successfully hid what it knew about the health effects of its products, and what it knew about the impact of nicotine on consumers.