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Jump to full article: National 4-H Council, 1999-03-23
Intro: National 4-H Council’s commitment to the National Youth Smoking Prevention Program is driven by the need to help youth make the decision not to smoke . . . Personally, I am disheartened to hear that youth are not first and foremost on the tobacco prevention community’s agenda.
. . We continue to see old references, often from 20 or more years ago, about what Philip Morris or another tobacco company did or did not do. None of us today can do anything about the past. I believe that Philip Morris USA, which is under new corporate leadership, has recognized its responsibility to prevent underage smoking and has made a commitment to fulfill that responsibility by funding this program for two years.
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continue to see old references, often from 20 or more years ago, about what Philip Morris or another tobacco company did or did not do. None of
us today can do anything about the past. I believe that Philip Morris USA, which is under new corporate leadership, has recognized its
responsibility to prevent underage smoking and has made a commitment to fulfill that responsibility by funding this program for two years.
Richard J. Sauer, President and CEO of National 4-H Council, in <i>Letter to Bill Novelli, 03-23-99</i>
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