Which Way, L.A.?
Tobacco Deal
The billion dollar tobacco deal... will it really hurt the cigarette companies? What about their federal subsidies? Congress - and the anti-smoking lobby - are taking a close look. Will California - and LA County - get their fair share?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readCongressman Henry Waxman: Democratic Congressman from Los Angeles. Congressman Ed Whitfield: Republican Congressman from Kentucky. Mark Robinson: Senior partner, Robinson Phillips and Calcagnie. Filed suit against the industry on behalf of LA County and a class action suit on behalf of California smokers. Martin Feldman: Senior analyst, Smith Barney. Julia Carrol: Co-Director, Americans for Non-smokers Rights. Member of the federal panel appointed to set a national tobacco policy. Bill Novelli: President, Tobacco Free Kids, an advocacy group that was at the table during tobacco talks. Member of the federal panel appointed to set a national tobacco policy. Rick Henderson: Managing Editor, Reason Magazine. Dr. Jonathan Fielding: Member of the federal panel (headed by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and former FDA head David Kessler) appointed by President Clinton to set goals for a national tobacco policy. Co-director, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities. Michael Feuer: Los Angeles City Councilman from the fifth district, West LA and part of SF Valley James Stewart: Author of Blood Sport, a book on Whitewater. Editor at large, Smart Money. Writer for New Yorker magazine.
