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'Outraged' teens mobilize to fight smoking 

On a day when The Associated Press is reporting that scientists have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to get hooked on tobacco, teens throughout the valley were working to clean up smokers' mess.

Members of OUTRAGE swarmed area parks on Tuesday, sweeping cigarette butts. The group works primarily to protect children from the effects of cigarettes, including second-hand smoke. According to the American Lung Association, secondhand smoke is responsible for as many as 300,000 lower-respiratory-tract infections in infants and results in up to 15,000 hospitalizations each year.

OUTRAGE members found most of the cigarette butts around playground equipment.

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