15 Quotes by Matthew Myers

It is good news for our nation's health that adult smoking rates are declining again after stagnating during much of the 1990s, ... But it is also clear that elected officials at all levels must do more to implement the scientifically proven measures that have produced these declines.

I think this represents a historic opportunity to reduce tobacco use among our nation's children, and it has never been more needed.

R.J. Reynolds is trying to use partnerships with reputable organizations like the Miss America State Pageants to create the illusion that it has changed and is part of the solution to the tobacco problem.

It ensures that Texas will receive payment for the significant expenses it has incurred in connection with tobacco-caused disease,

Virtually no one starts smoking as an adult. Ninety percent of all the smokers began as teenagers or younger.

Today, teenage girls smoke in record numbers, because the tobacco companies have been successful in associating smoking with independence, freedom, rebellion, and for many girls, a key for weight loss.

This report is powerful evidence that the kinder, gentler Philip Morris depicted in the company's U.S. ads is just a wolf in sheep's clothing.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi has succeeded precisely because in this state, politicians kept their promise about why they brought the tobacco lawsuit.

The president is right to focus on children. Over 90 percent of all Americans who smoke started as children.