Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
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Sep 18, 2026
Mike ChurchHOST
So she writes, and I never thought of it like this.
Mike ChurchHOST
Philip Morris lobbied heavily for the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
Mike ChurchHOST
which prohibited cigarette companies from offering branded merchandise, serving free samples, or putting up billboards.
Mike ChurchHOST
That is, all the marketing tools that might have allowed newcomers to break into the business.
Alex TabarrokGUEST
Finally, don't confuse capture with firms making the best of a bad situation.
Alex TabarrokGUEST
Philip Morris supported the 2009 Tobacco Control Act not because FDA regulation was Philip Morris' unconstrained ideal, but because it knew regulation was coming and it wanted a seat at the table to nudge the rules in its favour.
Alex TabarrokGUEST
That's ordinary political bargaining, or rent-seeking, not evidence that the regulator has been captured.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
Whereas this is exactly the time that all eyes are on AI, and many of them are hostile, including hostile to anthropic and open AI in particular, and that problem is only going to
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Finally, don't confuse capture with firms making the best of a bad situation.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Philip Morris supported the 2009 Tobacco Control Act not because FDA regulation was Philip Morris's unconstrained ideal but because it knew regulation was coming and it wanted a seat at the table to nudge the rules in its favor.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
that's ordinary political bargaining, or rent-seeking, not evidence that the regulator has been captured.
Type 3 AudioNARRATOR
Whereas this is exactly the time that all eyes are on AI and many of them are hostile, including hostile to anthropic and open AI in particular, and that problem is only going to get worse.
Type Three AudioNARRATOR
Finally, don't confuse capture with firms making the best of a bad situation.
Type Three AudioNARRATOR
Philip Morris supported the 2009 Tobacco Control Act not because FDA regulation was Philip Morris's unconstrained ideal but because it knew regulation was coming and it wanted a seat at the table to nudge the rules in its favor.
Type Three AudioNARRATOR
that's ordinary political bargaining, or rent-seeking, not evidence that the regulator has been captured.
Type Three AudioNARRATOR
Whereas this is exactly the time that all eyes are on AI and many of them are hostile, including hostile to anthropic and open AI in particular, and that problem is only going to get worse.