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EDITORIAL: Big Tobacco atttempts to evade FDA rules  

Locally, the Kingsport/Bristol region is the second smokiest region in the United States, with approximately 30.5 percent of all adults smoking.

That statistic takes a terrible toll on our health, and strains our hospitals where administrators say the majority of admissions are related to smoking. Reducing smoking reduces the associated health costs for these illnesses.

Yes, tobacco is still a legal product. But as of last week, it is an FDA-regulated one because of its proven harm to human health.

Curtailing some marketing of a proven cancer-causing product should not become a free-speech call to arms. It is a matter of protecting the public's health.

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