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...person who hasn't started smoking by 19, 20 or 21 is unlikely to ever become a smoker," Kessler told an audience of 100. "Every day, another 3,000 teens begin smoking...and are the prime source of new customers for tobacco companies...
Kessler, a 1979 graduate of the Medical School, criticized initiatives of tobacco companies in the United States and Canada to identify and attract young smokers through advertising...
...Marlboro, Camel, and Newport advertise the most and are most consumed by adolescents," Kessler said. "In 1992, the tobacco industry spent $5.2 billion dollars on advertising...falling second only to the auto industry in the most dollars spent on advertising...
Kessler also said that young children know tobacco brands even if they don't smoke...
Although the FDA is looking at its role in controlling tobacco, Kessler does not suggest...