11.   Outside the United States, however, the growing social and political taboo against underage smoking is usually far weaker.

12.   President Clinton traveled Thursday to tobacco country to reassure leaf farmers that they will not bear the economic brunt of federal programs designed to curb underage smoking.

13.   Public health officials also said their primary concern is to ensure full FDA control over nicotine and to reduce underage smoking.

14.   President Bill Clinton and the FDA are trying to reduce underage smoking with the proposed regulations on sales and marketing of cigarettes.

15.   Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, introduced a measure earlier this year that would hold individual companies responsible for underage smoking.

16.   She received a second citation for underage smoking just three days before starting her tobacco awareness class.

17.   The FDA last summer declared cigarettes a nicotine-delivery system and proposed regulations, including marketing and sales restrictions, designed to stem underage smoking.

18.   The FDA, and the Clinton administration, are trying to reduce underage smoking with the proposed regulations on sales and marketing of cigarettes.

19.   The FTC said it decided to press the charges after discovering new evidence linking the Joe Camel campaign to underage smoking.

20.   The industry fears any regulation -- even limited to curbing underage smoking -- would lead to further restrictions and eventually cripple manufacturers.