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Show STA TEMENT OF SENATOR FRANK E. MOSS (D UTAH) .. UNITED ss»: TES SENATE .JANUAIlY3, BET: , 196, C ,a ett. Adveriiainl Mr. Preddoat, 1 send to the desk:, for appropriate reference. a Dill to direct the Federal Commllnieations CoftuW.ssion to est.bUsb regulaU01l8 •• tUn. certain hour. in hich all cigarette advertizlnl would b. probiDited. to generally regulate the amO\Ult of ci,arette adverllzlaa which may be broadcaat, and to prohibit the rQadcastiag of certain types of cigarette adverttziag entirely. 1 realize this i •• trona medicine. bat my ge.eral purpose is to try to dlscourale ,.O\Ulg people from .doptblg the cigarette habit, and I 'believe that this objective warranb taking ...ptional measures. Last year. for the £irst time in four years. there was a decrea 1a the nwnber of cigarettes gold in this made by DUlbless W ••kf thaD ill 1967 (571 .. a cot1lltry. .. e Aecording to a ewdy Ullol'J tewer c;1garettea were sold in 1968 5 billion in 1968 and 572. 5 binion in 1967 .. We all remember that there was a drop in cigarette sales in 1964, bnmedlatet, a.fter the U. S. SllJ:,ebD General' $ report on the health bazard. of cigarette am.o'k.ing was publish d. 'but thea in 1965. the trend started upwards alai revereed it _gala. ,. and continued in .1966 and 1961. Last year we |
