Source: WJRT abc12 (Flint, MI)
Date: 2010-06-22
Author:  Iris Perez,

Smokers may be in for some confusion at the counter now that a
new law bans certain labels on their packaging.

ABC12\\\'s Iris Perez explains how the law aims to nip smoking myths
in the bud and why some smokers say it\\\'s not going to work.

Josephine Tasley has been a smoker for nearly 30 years. "First
thing you do normally when you wake up is a cup of coffee and a
cigarette. It\\\'s very addicting."

While Tasley holds up what she wishes would be her last
cigarette, she feels like the target of discrimination now that a
new federal law bans the words "light," "mild" and "low tar" from
cigarette packaging. "It\\\'s dangerous. So they\\\'re not making
things better, they\\\'re making things worse.

"If you\\\'re smoking, you\\\'re addicted. I don\\\'t care if it\\\'s a
light, mild, an addiction is inside your mind," Tasley said.

Dan Spaniola runs Paul\\\'s Pipe Shop in downtown Flint. He feels
the new regulations will only do one thing. "It\\\'s just going to
confuse people."