This was all the more remarkable because New York was the home of the three major TV networks, several of the nations most influential newspapers, and most of the tobacco industrys advertising agencies and public relations firms
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On the one hand, man is rarely exposed to a single factor, and on the other hand, there is very little knowledge about how these extrinsic factors may interact with each other or even how the skin may react to chronic exposure
"Today's rule is another key step toward protecting our nations youth from the health risks of tobacco products," Brian King, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, said in a news release