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Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-03-11
Author: SOURCE Physicians and Nurses Against Tobacco, Inc.
Intro: Physicians and
Nurses Against Tobacco, Inc., (PANAT) an organization of physicians,
nurses, health-care officials and supporters, are petitioning Pope Benedict
XVI to condemn the production, distribution, sale and use of tobacco, and,
as a Head of State, to declare the Vatican the first tobacco-free country.
PANAT is petitioning the Pope as a political, spiritual, and moral leader
to set an example for others entrusted with a similar duty to protect.
PANAT, through its official web site, http://www.unholysmoke.org, is
assembling a petition addressed to the Pope that will be published in The
Boston Globe newspaper in April 2008 on the occasion of the visit of the
Pope to the United States to address the General Assembly of the United
Nations.
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