Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Someone from the campaign posted a note in Comments that I'm re-posting here so that those interested will be sure to see it:

Did you know that the tobacco industry spends $100,000 PER DAY lobbying Congress? Is it any surprise then that there's a $10 billion sweetheart deal for Big Tobacco hidden in a corporate tax bill called the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) bill?

A few days ago, some powerful Members of Congress attached a tobacco buyout to the FSC bill in the House. This scheme is billed as helping tobacco farmers, but it really benefits tobacco companies by reducing the price of tobacco and increasing their profits. The twist in this proposal is that the taxpayers, not the tobacco companies, will pay $9.6 billion for the buyout - and the tobacco companies will end up with cheaper tobacco!

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is encouraging people to take action and email their Senators at this link:
http://tfk.grassroots.com/Cong/SenateFSC/

Just two weeks ago, Surgeon General Richard Carmona released a new report that said smoking is even more deadly than we ever thought. Congress needs to respond to that report by taking action to protect the public health - not Big Tobacco's bottom line.