Taxed Pie and a Smoking Rocket

By ACSH Staff — Oct 15, 2003
"We always hear that motherhood and apple pie was something we respected...But any speech about apple pie would be punished by a tax penalty because I'm sure they feel it is too high in sugar." Dan Jaffe, a v.p. of the Association of National Advertisers, reacting in an October 15 Adweek article to a proposal by the American Obesity Association that would end business tax deductions for the advertising of foods low in nutritional value.

"We always hear that motherhood and apple pie was something we respected...But any speech about apple pie would be punished by a tax penalty because I'm sure they feel it is too high in sugar."

Dan Jaffe, a v.p. of the Association of National Advertisers, reacting in an October 15 Adweek article to a proposal by the American Obesity Association that would end business tax deductions for the advertising of foods low in nutritional value.

"No. 1, smoking is a major factor in developing bladder cancer and was the first thing I changed."

former Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich, announcing he had been successfully treated for bladder cancer, as noted by ESPN.com on October 14.

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