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Regarding a Clinton administration proposal to restrict cigarette company sponsorship of sporting events, including stock car racing:

"It wasn't too many months ago the Surgeon General wanted to legalize marijuana. Now he wants to regulate tobacco. So, we're, we're confused, but I agree with the T-shirts I see being worn around. Let's leave it up to NASCAR, not the FDA."

–Bob Dole, quoted by “All Things Considered” (NPR) September 12, 1995.