Matthew Myers Quotations

It is good news for our nation's health that adult smoking rates are declining again after stagnating during much of the 1990s, ... But it is also clear that elected officials at all levels must do more to implement the scientifically proven measures that have produced these declines.

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.

It ensures that Texas will receive payment for the significant expenses it has incurred in connection with tobacco-caused disease,

Virtually no one starts smoking as an adult. Ninety percent of all the smokers began as teenagers or younger.

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.

This report is powerful evidence that the kinder, gentler Philip Morris depicted in the company's U.S. ads is just a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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

The president is right to focus on children. Over 90 percent of all Americans who smoke started as children.

We think it is inexcusable for a Web site dedicated to providing credible advice to the American public to include an advertisement from a company that sells more cigarettes to more people than any other company in the United States.

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.

In this case, the courts are going to find that the FDA is right,

But it is also clear that elected officials at all levels must do more to implement the scientifically proven measures that have produced these declines.

A loophole that permits smoking in places that sell substantial amounts of cigarettes could potentially undermine this protection.