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House Proceeding on Jun 12th, 2009 :: 1:41:35 to 1:44:35
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James L. Oberstar

1:41:31 to 1:41:51( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: legislation. i reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlen from california. mr. waxman: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to my esteemed colleague from the state of min ob the speakepro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for tea minutes -- three minutes. mr. for yielding, my friend and

James L. Oberstar

1:41:35 to 1:44:35( Edit History Discussion )
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James L. Oberstar

1:41:52 to 1:42:14( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: colleague of 34 years ago we entered the congress together. i do not propose to read this entire document, but it is the report of the hearings and committee report conducted by my predecessor in congress, john blot nick -- blotnick in

James L. Oberstar

1:42:15 to 1:42:35( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: 1957 on false and misleading advertising among a number of products and the failure of the federal trade commission to intervene on behalf of the public. the meeting testimony on false and misleading advertising and filtered dipped cigarettes was a statement of dr. kyler

James L. Oberstar

1:42:36 to 1:42:57( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: hammond, director of statistical research for the american cancer society. we found lung cancer death rates to be extremely low among nonsmokers and high among heavy cigarette smokers.

James L. Oberstar

1:42:58 to 1:43:19( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: 2,665 excess deaths, this was 1957, among smokers. the conclusion, dr. hammond, the sum total of scientific evidence establishes beyond reasonable doubt that cigarette smoke something a causative factor in the rapidly

James L. Oberstar

1:43:20 to 1:43:40( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: increasing incidents of human epidemic carcinoma of the lung. 52 years ago. we still have p chamber and in the other body saying, it's not a problem. the report of the committee goes on to say,

James L. Oberstar

1:43:41 to 1:44:01( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: one of the substances containing carcinogenic agents. known cancer producing agent has been found in the smoke from cigarette paper and an amount from the tobacco alone. this component is known as three-four pyrobenzene. the report of the committee concludes that cigarette manufacturers have deceived the

James L. Oberstar

1:44:02 to 1:44:22( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: american public through their advertising of filtered tipped cigarettes. ironically while denying the alleged health hazards of cigarette smoke, the industry has in its advertising made these charges appear true. .

James L. Oberstar

1:44:23 to 1:44:35( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: filter gives you more what is a filter is through, smokey white, pure, more what you changed to a filter fo

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