ATTORNEY GENERAL LOCKYER PETITIONS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CRACK DOWN ON CIGARETTES MASQUERADING AS 'LITTLE CIGARS'

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | May 18, 2006 | Copyright

The California Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced he has petitioned the federal government to close a regulatory loophole that has increased youth and adult smoking of cigarettes disguised as "little cigars," and allowed the manufacturers to evade marketing restrictions and higher taxes that apply to cigarettes.

"The manufacturers of so called 'little cigars' are deceiving and endangering consumers and our children, and federal rules allow them to get away with it," said Lockyer. "These products are made like cigarettes, their ...

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