[' ', 'SAMPLE', 'MEMORAND', 'IN', 'OPPOSITION', 'The', 'Tobacco', 'Institute,', 'the', 'national', 'trade', 'association', 'representing', '13', 'manufacturers', 'of', 'cigarettes', 'or', 'other', 'tobacco', 'products,', 'opposes', ',', 'to', 'require', 'death', 'certificate', 'forms', 'to', 'include', 'a', 'question', 'on', 'the', '"contribution"', 'of', 'tobacco', 'use.', 'This', 'bill', 'should', 'be', 'rejected', 'for', 'five', 'basic', 'reasons:', 'One:', 'Two:', 'Three:', 'Four:', 'Five:', 'Death', 'certificates', 'are', 'notoriously', 'unreliable,', 'thus', 'this', 'bill', 'would', 'not', 'achieve', 'its', 'Stated', 'aim', 'of', 'improving', 'statistics', 'on', 'tobacco', 'use', 'and', 'various', 'diseases.', 'Scientific', 'researchers', 'have', 'concluded', 'that', 'studies', 'based', 'on', 'death', 'certificates', 'yield', 'results', 'that', 'are', 'either', 'wrong,', 'or', 'at', 'best', 'misleading.', 'Those', 'persons', 'responsible', 'for', 'filling', 'out', 'death', 'certificates', 'often', 'are', 'not', 'ina', 'position', 'to', 'make', 'the', 'kind', 'of', 'judgments', 'required', 'under', 'this', 'bill.', 'The', 'signer', 'of', 'the', 'death', 'certificate', 'often', 'is', 'a', 'virtual', 'stranger', 'to', 'the', 'deceased', 'person.', 'Such', 'a', 'state', 'requirement', 'would', 'undermine', 'federal', 'efforts', 'toward', 'nationwide', 'umiformity', 'in', 'death', 'certificate', 'information.', 'One', 'official', 'of', 'the', 'National', 'Center', 'of', 'Health', 'Statistics', 'stated', 'that', 'such', 'a', 'question', 'could', '"scramble', 'the', 'national', 'data', 'rather', 'than', 'clarify', 'it."', 'If', 'death', 'certificates', 'are', 'used', 'to', 'target', 'controversial', 'or', 'unpopular', 'lifestyles,', 'questions', 'about', 'alcohol,', 'drugs,', 'AIDS,', 'or', 'even', 'diet', 'are', 'likely', 'to', 'follow,', 'and', 'the', 'form', 'will', 'become', 'an', 'instrument', 'of', 'propaganda.', 'Such', 'a', 'statement', 'on', 'a', 'death', 'certificate', 'could', 'have', 'serious', 'legal', 'consequences', 'for', 'the', 'family', 'of', 'the', 'deceased,', 'possibly', 'requiring', 'costly', 'litigation', 'and', 'the', 'ordeal', 'of', 'an', 'exhumation,', 'and', 'possibly', 'depriving', 'them', 'of', 'insurance,', 'worker’s', 'compensation', 'or', 'other', 'benefits', 'to', 'which', 'they', 'may', 'be', 'entitled.', 'For', 'such', 'reasons,', 'these', 'proposals', 'have', 'been', 'rejected', 'in', 'every', 'state', 'legislature', 'where', 'similar', 'bills', 'have', 'been', 'introduced.', 'The', 'Tobacco', 'Institute', 'urges', 'that', 'also', 'be', 'rejected.', 'ClCOPSSPO?']