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Opinion split on tobacco oversight  

Jump to full article: Omaha (NE) World Herald, 2009-06-26
Author: Roger Buddenberg WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Intro:

Is the tobacco tin half full or half empty? . . .

"I really think it set back our tobacco-control movement about 30 years," said Mark Welsch of Omaha, president of GASP, or the Group to Alleviate Smoking Pollution. . . .

Other anti-tobacco groups working in the Midlands saw the new law in a positive light.

"It's not a compromise. It's not a bill written by Philip Morris," said Michelle Bernth, spokeswoman for the American Lung Association in Nebraska. "We're very happy with the result."

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