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Monday, November 25, 2013

Policy Analysis and Smoking

Laila presentation

"Policy is centrally about classification and differentiation, about how we do and should categorize in a world where categories are not given." -- Stone, p. 382

"By 1918, cigarettes had become identified with the war effort as a symbol of courage and dignity" --Fritschler & Rudder, 13-14.




 Tobacco mutates

"The business schizophrenia toward government regulation..."  p. 23: USDA and Tobacco

Other agencies: FDA, FTC, FCC, Surgeon General
A question to JFK
Q. Mr. President, there is another health problem that seems to be causing growing concern here and abroad and I think this has largely been provoked by a series of independent scientific investigations, which have concluded that cigarette smoking and certain types of cancer and heart disease have a causal connection. I have two questions: do you and your health advisers agree or disagree with these findings, and secondly, what if anything should or can the federal Government do in the circumstances?

THE PRESIDENT. That matter is sensitive enough and the stock market is in sufficient difficulty [laughter] without my giving you an answer which is not based on complete information, which I don't have and, therefore, perhaps we could--I'd be glad to respond to that question in more detail next week.

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