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...Staff writer Abby D. Phillip can be reached at adphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Abby D. Phillip can be reached at adphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...Meanwhile, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to report out Senator Ted Kennedy's latest attempt at regulating tobacco products - he has tried and failed to pass similar bills four years running. This year's measure - which actually enjoys the support of Phillip Morris, the producer of Marlboro and the largest U.S. cigarette manufacturer - adds a controversial clause that would permit the use of cloves as a cigarette additive. Phillip Morris, a division of Altria, spent $5 billion in 2005 to buy a controlling stake in Sampoerna of Indonesia, a large maker of clove...
...everyone else. Companies like R. J. Reynolds, the maker of the Camel brand of cigarettes and the second largest U.S. manufacturer of tobacco products, oppose the measure on the grounds that the limits the FDA would impose on advertising would effectively lock in market share, favoring the market leader Phillip Morris...
...Staff writer Abby D. Phillip can be reached at adphill@fas.harvard.edu...