Thomas Daschle: “The problem, then, becomes, how do we avoid those problems in the future? And what every attorney general has said is…”

“The problem, then, becomes, how do we avoid those problems in the future? And what every attorney general has said is the only way you can do that is to establish new public policy that strengthens regulatory controls on tobacco, ends advertisements that target kids, expands our research efforts, increases the price of tobacco to deter youth from falling prey to the smoking habit, holding tobacco companies accountable for accomplishing youth smoking reduction targets, that is, let's put into place strategies that reduce teen smoking. Permanently. This must happen prospectively. We must act now to stop the industry from any further use of covert strategies such as those that, thanks in large measure to the work of the attorneys general, are now common knowledge.”