Doonesbury figured out that big tobacco would benefit from OIRA's cost-benefit models 19 years ago

This one, from August 4, 1995, is especially relevant to the fact that the FDA's flawed cost-benefit analysis made it easier to sue over the warning label rule.
<img alt="" src="/sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/Doonesbury-sue.png" width="600" height="215" /;
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The comment I submitted (tracking number /sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/FDA-comment-Doonesbury-full-1jy-8doj-ohvd.pdf" target="_blank";1jy-8doj-ohvd with the /sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/Doonesbury%20by%20Garry%20Trudeau%20-%20Mr.%20Butts%20%26%20Regulatory%20Reform%2031-7%20-%205-8-95.pdf" target="_blank";whole series of comics) says, "Here is the full series.&nbsp; Doonesbury also predicted how the tobacco industry would use the FDA’s cost-benefit analysis to fight the graphic warning label rule in court."
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You can access the strip directly at these URLS:
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/07/31#.U-ULw_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/07/31#.U-ULw_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/01#.U-ULz_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/01#.U-ULz_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/02#.U-UMBfldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/02#.U-UMBfldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/03#.U-UMF_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/03#.U-UMF_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/04#.U-UMLPldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/04#.U-UMLPldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/05#.U-UMWvldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/05#.U-UMWvldWJo";http://www.g...
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I wonder if the FDA and White House realize just how silly they look.
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