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The Eighty Four (The84.org) - Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program
Jump to full article: The84.org (MA), 2008-05-06

Intro:

Ever thought you could build a movement by not doing something?

That's because you're doing something with your head, your time, and your cash instead of smoking or chewing tobacco.

That's what makes you The 84.

Here's the lowdown. The 84 is the huge number of young people in Massachusetts who choose not to use tobacco.(83.6% of 7th to 12th-graders who aren't current smokers, to be exact!)*. Some of us are outraged and outspoken about Big Tobacco's deadly products. Some of us fight tobacco on the DL. Some of us want our parents and friends to quit.

Some of us aren't even trying to make a statement by not smoking... we're too busy doing other things that make us part of the 84.

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