['children’s', 'schools,', 'and', 'to', 'promote', 'public', 'awareness', 'of', 'the', 'health', 'problems', 'associated', 'with', 'smoking', 'in', 'our', 'communities.', 'However,', 'we', 'also', 'believe', 'that', 'the', 'health', 'hazards', 'of', 'involuntary', 'smoking', 'are', 'of', 'sufficient', 'importance', 'to', 'the', 'health', 'of', 'children', 'that', 'they', 'require', 'national', 'leadership', 'now.', 'The', 'Academy', 'believes', 'that', 'we', 'must', 'do', 'everything', 'possible', 'to', 'try', 'to', 'eliminate', 'or', 'reduce', 'the', 'involuntary', 'exposure', 'of', 'children', 'to', 'tobacco', 'smoke.', 'Since', '1986,', 'the', 'Academy', 'has', 'formally', 'supported', 'a', 'ban', 'on', 'all', 'forms', 'of', 'advertising', 'in', 'all', 'media', 'for', 'all', 'tobacco', 'products.', 'Short', 'of', 'that,', 'we', 'would', 'also', 'support', 'legislative', 'efforts', 'to', 'relieve', 'taxpayers', 'from', 'underwriting', 'the', 'costs', 'of', 'advertising', 'tobacco', 'products.', 'We', 'would', 'also', 'support', 'éfforts', 'to', 'eliminate', 'advertising', 'campaigns', 'specifically', 'designed', 'to', 'influence', 'young:', 'people', 'to', 'smoke,', 'and', 'eliminate', 'the', 'sale', 'of', 'tobacco', 'products', 'to', 'young', 'people.', 'The', 'Academy', 'further', 'encourages', 'Congress', 'to', 'require', 'counteradvertisements', 'to', 'inform', 'the', 'public', 'of', 'the', 'dangers', 'of', 'tobacco.', 'We', 'also', 'support', 'increases', 'in', 'the', 'federal', 'excise', 'tax', 'on', 'all', 'tobacco', 'products.', 'For', 'the', 'protection', 'of', 'the', 'present', 'and', 'future', 'health', 'of', 'the', 'children', 'of', 'this', 'nation,', 'the', 'selling', 'and', 'advertising', 'of', 'all', 'forms', 'of', 'tobacco', 'must', 'be', 'eliminated', 'or', 'controlled', 'without', 'delay.', 'The', 'American', 'Academy', 'of', 'Pediatrics', 'continues', 'to', 'support', 'all', 'efforts', 'to', 'decrease', 'tobacco', 'smoke', 'exposure,', 'and', 'tobacco', 'use,', 'among', 'young', 'people.', 'TIMN', '354085']