US anti-smoking legislation is ______.

President Clinton has renewed his attacks on the American tobacco industry accusing it of using delaying tactics to block anti-smoking legislation. The US Congress is considering a bill which would place tight restrictions on tobacco advertising and impose penalties on tobacco companies if they continue to sell cigarettes to children. Mr. Clinton said it was a fight with the lives of American children. And he urged Congress to move ahead with the bill. But a spokesman for one of the big tobacco companies called the legislation totally unreasonable and he said the process had become wholly politicized.

Egypt, Syria, and the six Arab Gulf States have failed to resolve differences over an Arab security force for the Persian Gulf. They ended a two-day talk in Kuwait City, putting off further action until a September meeting in Cairo. Differences include the size of the force and the role Egypt will play.