Chapter 5 - Assignment 1: Cigarettes, Children, and the FDA
Chapter 5 - Assignment 1: Cigarettes, Children, and the FDA
Read the press release announcing the FDA's 1996 rule designed to restrict children's access
to cigarettes.
- Chapter 5 of your text provides a number of reasons justifying government intervention in the
economy. Based on your reading of the requirements specified by this rule, which of these
reasons applies to this FDA rule?
- Why would cigarette manufacturers have an incentive to target children in their advertising campaigns?
- Why are free samples and the sale of small packages of cigarettes banned by this rule?
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