Well, the anti-tobacco folks decided not to take the relatively pro-smokeless tobacco 60 Minutes piece sitting down. They ran to their allies in Congress, and arranged a hearing for this Wednesday, at which time they will undoubtedly chastise CBS and throw more mud on smokeless. The topic for the hearing is "Smokeless Tobacco: Impact on the Health of Our Nation's Youth and Use in Major League Baseball." House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health, 10 am.
Obviously, the anti's are going to push the unfounded theme that all marketing of smokeless is aimed at hooking kids on nicotine, in order to graduate them into smoking for life. The fact that there is absolutely no proof of any of this won't deter the tobacco prohibitionists from grandstanding on Wednesday.
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