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EDITORIAL: Breaking the habit 

Some people may think eating red meat, for instance, isn’t the most healthy choice, but it pales by comparison with the 400,000 people who die every year from tobacco-related diseases, according to government figures. Those deaths represent individual tragedies as well as a $100 billion national price tag to provide health care for people with tobacco-related illnesses.

In a nation built on individual freedom, Americans still will be free to smoke, but the legislation passed Friday may make cigarettes at least a little less attractive to smokers and especially to young people who haven’t yet decided to take up the habit.

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