['ery', 'hittp:/Avww', 'staronline.com/columns/122142.htm', 'But', 'soon', 'the', 'proponents', 'will', 'be', 'rolling', 'out', 'their', 'campaign,', 'and', 'their', 'arsenal', 'is', 'impressive.', 'Supporters', 'include', 'former', 'Surgeon', 'General', 'C.', 'Everett', 'Koop,', 'U.S.', 'Sen.', 'Barbara', 'Boxer,', 'Las', 'Angeles', 'Mayor', 'Richard', 'Riordan', 'and', 'San', 'Francisco', 'Mayor', 'Willie', 'Brown.', '~', '7:', '-', 'But', 'perhaps', 'their', 'most', 'effective', 'weapon', 'will', 'be', 'the', 'personal', 'commitment', 'of', 'actor', 'and', 'film', 'producer', 'Rob', 'Reiner,', 'who', 'sponsored', 'the', 'initiative.', "Reiner's", 'articulate', 'advocacy', 'of', 'the', 'idea', 'that', 'nurturing', '3-year-olds', 'will', 'improve', 'education', 'and', 'prevent', 'social', 'problems', 'is', 'both', 'powerful', 'and', 'persuasive.', 'And', 'his', 'connections', 'in', 'Hollywood', 'will', 'assure', 'the', 'campaign', 'of', 'ample', 'funds.', 'Hollywood', 'ought', 'fo', 'be', 'able', 'to', 'sell', 'voters', 'on', 'the', 'idea', 'that', 'it', 'makes', 'sense', 'to', 'tax', 'cigarettes', 'to', 'pay', 'for', 'pre-natal', 'care', 'for', 'poor', 'mothers,', 'immunizations', 'for', 'infants,', 'preschool', 'and', 'nutrition', 'programs', 'tor', 'toddlers,', 'parenting', 'education', 'and', 'intervention', 'programs', 'targeting', 'at-risk', 'families.', 'There', 'may', 'be', 'flaws', 'in', 'this', 'initiative,', 'but', 'unless', 'some', 'party', 'other', 'than', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry', 'steps', 'forward', 'to', 'point', 'them', 'out,', 'the', 'guys', 'in', 'the', 'black', 'hats', "don't", 'stand', 'a', 'chance', 'in', 'the', 'final', 'act', 'of', 'this', 'Rob', 'Reiner', 'production.', '—', 'Timm', 'Herdt', 'is', 'chief', 'of', 'the', "Star's", 'state', 'bureau.', 'His', 'e-mail', 'address', 'is', 'Herdt@Staronline.com.', 'D>', '&', '&', 'News', '~', 'Business', '~', 'Columns', '~', 'Opinion', 'Lae', 'Life', '~', 'Time', 'Out', '~', 'Technology', '~', 'Travel', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '©', 'Copyright', '1998,', 'Ventura', 'County', 'Star,', 'All', 'Rights', 'Reserved', 'ZOOLTLEI0’', '2o0f2', '8/26/98', '12:42', 'PM']