15 Quotes by Matthew Myers

We think it is inexcusable for a Web site dedicated to providing credible advice to the American public to include an advertisement from a company that sells more cigarettes to more people than any other company in the United States.

These agreements have helped change the social norm in which it was easy for young people to purchase tobacco products. The significance of the 7-Eleven agreement depends on whether it extends to franchisees and whether it is strictly enforced by the corporate office.

The FDA didn't act earlier only because the tobacco industry successfully hid what it knew about the health effects of its products, and what it knew about the impact of nicotine on consumers.

In this case, the courts are going to find that the FDA is right,

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.

A loophole that permits smoking in places that sell substantial amounts of cigarettes could potentially undermine this protection.