11.   -- If targets are not met, the FDA may be able to strengthen the rules to try to cut down teen smoking.

12.   -- If targets are not met, the FDA may be able to ratchet up rules to cut down on teen smoking.

13.   A new state law may try to crack down on teen smoking, but getting the message out is not an easy matter, health officials admit.

14.   A tentative deal negotiated by some state attorneys general with the tobacco companies to settle state lawsuits against the industry also appears inadequate to combat teen smoking.

15.   Advocates of the settlement say it includes measures that would drastically cut teen smoking, including public education campaigns and advertising strategies.

16.   But by far the biggest influence on teen smoking is peer pressure, she said.

17.   But Ford criticized the Clinton administration for giving up on efforts to find a government-industry compromise on teen smoking.

18.   But no data exist on whether teen smoking in the state has declined since the campaign was begun.

19.   Clinton aides likely will insist on preventing companies from deducting as business expenses penalties they must pay if teen smoking fails to decline.

20.   Clinton staked out the high ground against teen smoking last year, targeting cigarette ads and insisting the FDA has the right to regulate tobacco.