ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                   TAG: 9406080108
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: C-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Newsday
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


FTC LETS JOE CAMEL OFF THE HOOK

Joe Camel has been set free.

The Federal Trade Commission has voted not to seek restrictions on Joe Camel ads despite a staff finding that the suave dromedary encourages youngsters to start smoking cigarettes, the head of a major antismoking group said Wednesday.


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