1.  Antismoking groups around the country routinely run such tests, which usually result in reports of high levels of sales to minors.

2.  Antismoking groups say RJR-Macdonald, maker of the brand, is calculating that the electric guitar symbolism will appeal to young people.

3.  Antismoking groups are not reassured.

4.  Antismoking groups said American negotiators had advocated tougher stands than anticipated.

5.  Antismoking groups like the American Cancer Society say federal regulations would improve enforcement and lend consistency to efforts to keep cigarettes from children.

6.  But antismoking groups are cautious about the cigarette, worrying that it could encourage smokers to keep on smoking.

7.  But tobacco manufacturers angrily responded that they are being blindsided by a government in thrall to taxpayer-subsidized antismoking groups.

8.  In the past, the FDA had rejected pleas from antismoking groups to assert regulatory control over tobacco.

9.  Industry-backed pre-emption bills are currently on the desks of the governors of Utah and Indiana, with antismoking groups begging that they be vetoed.

10.  Many of the measures backed by antismoking groups this year create such penalties or stiffen those already on the books.