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During his eight-year tenure as Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop campaigned passionately against cigarette smoking among Americans. Last week Koop took on the tobacco industry once again, but this time he was fighting the sale of U.S. cigarettes in Asia. Testifying before a committee of the U.S. Trade Representative's office, Koop blasted the industry's contention that the U.S. Government should pressure Thailand, which bans all cigarette imports, to open its market to American manufacturers. Said Koop, who retires Oct. 1: "At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine...
...Trade Representative, to break down Thailand's import barriers so that they can charge into that country's market. Specifically, the industry filed a petition under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 accusing Thailand of unfair trade practices. Hills is investigating the claim. But the American tobacco lobby is bitterly opposed by U.S. public-health advocates and the Thai government, which has the somewhat contradictory motives of protecting its citizens' health and defending the interests of its entrenched cigarette monopoly...
...charges soak up their earnings. RJR Nabisco, which went private last December in a record $25 billion buyout, last week reported a staggering $309 million loss for the second quarter. Reason: $1.05 billion in interest and debt expenses. In announcing the loss, RJR Nabisco said its basic food and tobacco operations, which include Nabisco cookies and Winston cigarettes, performed strongly; the company added that its program to sell assets was ahead of schedule. RJR Nabisco has already sold more than $2.5 billion of businesses, including most of its European food operations...
Besides offending women, the ad alarmed health groups because it seemed to give underage readers tips on how to redeem a coupon for free cigarettes. The ad was lambasted last week before the House subcommittee on transportation and hazardous materials, which is considering a tobacco-ad ban. James Johnston, the new chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, has apologized for the ad. Said he: "It will never run again...
...element back East, uncomfortable in his father's shadow once again. Of the five Bush children, George, the eldest, had always been the most drawn to Dad's patterns of endeavor. What rebellion he waged was stylistic. He became the real Texan in the family -- chewing tobacco, using barnyard humor, settling in the state's western corner -- the one harboring what his aunt Nancy Ellis calls a "slightly outrageous streak...