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Stores asked to pull smoking ads  

Jump to full article: Albany (NY) Times-Union, 2007-11-16

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Public health advocates Thursday made a public request to Price Chopper and Hannaford Supermarkets to remove the tobacco advertisements in their stores.

Thursday was the American Cancer Society's 31st Great American Smokeout, a day dedicated to anti-smoking efforts.

More than 3,000 people in the Capital Region signed petitions asking the stores to make tobacco advertising and tobacco products less visible.

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