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Big Tobacco Will Be Just Fine

By on 6.5.09 @ 4:35PM

Even if the FDA starts regulating tobacco. Patrick Basham makes the case, noting Philip Morris' lobbying prowess. So why are anti-tobacco crusaders like Henry Waxman and Ted Kennedy playing along? And why does this big-government bill have bipartisan support? Look beneath the smokescreen.

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W. James Antle, III is associate editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Jimantle.

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