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LETTER: CARDIN: Congress taking steps to protect people from tobacco 

Jump to full article: Cumberland (MD) Times-News, 2009-06-26
Author: U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

Intro:

As a co-sponsor of the Family, Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H.R. 1256, I believe that this is one of the most important public health steps we can take to improve the health of Americans and to try and prevent a new generation of nicotine addicts. . . .

Too many Americans have suffered the consequences of their addition to tobacco. Too many families have watched as relatives have died from lung cancer or other diseases associated with tobacco.

It's time to stop the marketing of tobacco that is intended to create a new generation of smokers.

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