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and has had some positive effects through that.
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There are examples where self-regulation has worked.
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There are other examples where it has been abominable failure.
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The tobacco industry would be an example of that.
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The tobacco industry lied, it cheated, it distorted science,
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it covered up realities like nicotine was addictive,
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and one can count as other experts have done--not me,
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the millions of people who have died as a consequence.
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Ceding the self-regulatory authority to the tobacco industry
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was a horrible, horrible failure.
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Ceding it to the forestry industry worked better;
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so what about food? Where does it fit in that?