This petition asserted that the Product Safety Commission has jurisdiction over the tar content of cigarettes under the provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, which provides for regulation through labelling, or even outright banning, of hazardous or toxic substances, including any substance that has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface. In the past, certain other attempts have been made to oblige federal agencies to declare that cigarettes are properly subject to the Hazardous Substances Act, but these efforts have all failed
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In New Jersey, menthol cigarettes account for roughly 40% of cigarette sales and are sometimes responsible for between a third and half of small retailers gross sales, said Eric Blomgren, director of government affairs for the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, and Automotive Association
On the flip side, operating margins in 1998 were now in the mid-40s, well below the 57% operating margin in 1992
