“I think it kind of puts a pebble in the shoe for the tobacco industry, ... I think they have to realize they can't fiddle around with this one. They have got to get going.”
Frank Lautenberg
“If tobacco suddenly were unavailable and was as expensive as heroin and cocaine, I think that you would find that the behavior of some tobacco addicts would be very much like the behavior of some addicts of heroin and cocaine,”
Dr. C. Everett Koop
“I think we're reaching a tipping point, where the image of tobacco is that it's unhealthy and dangerous, and not glamorous like years ago or neutral like the cigarette companies say now.”
Tom Miller
“We don't have a lot of funds for the tobacco program. I think the feeling around here is that it would certainly be nice (to have more funding), but we understand that we are one of a number of agencies vying for the money.”
Thom Berry
“We all know what's going on. The tobacco industry is interested in some kind of watered down bill. They're more interested in the political lives of those senators rather than the lives of children that are really at risk,”
Ted Kennedy
“It's not that Bush is pro-tobacco. I just think that Bush is less litigious-minded, and he is not for interfering with the way business is run.”
Sandya Raju
“The tobacco industry has won some recent cases, and that Illinois case was a big one. But I think today's ruling is certainly a big win for the plaintiffs. And I think the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this appeal.”
Carl Tobias
