PRESIDENT SAYS HE WANTS TOUGHER DUI, ANTI-TOBACCO LAWS

President Clinton assured cigarette makers Saturday that he does not want
to bankrupt them even as he suggested that a $506 billion anti-tobacco bill
needs to be tougher.

"We still have work to do on this legislation. Above all, we need to put in
place tough penalties that will cost the tobacco industry if it continues
to sell cigarettes to young people," Clinton said in his weekly radio
address from Washington.

Cigarette companies, crying potential bankruptcy, balked at legislation
approved by the Senate Commerce Committee last week.

The president also chastised the House for taking "a step backward" on
anti-drunken driving legislation and asked lawmakers to reconsider.

The House Rules Committee blocked a vote this week on a stricter - and
nationwide - standard for drunken driving.