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American Cancer Society Comments on Passage of PACT Act 

"Can you imagine a piece of legislation that is so common sense, so painfully obvious that, even in Washington's partisan climate, it passes the U.S. Senate unanimously? That’s what the PACT Act is and the American Cancer Society applauds Senators Schumer and Gilibrand for their leadership in making this much needed public health measure law.

Don’t believe the hype on billboards or the hyperbole of Internet tobacco peddlers. Ending the sale of cigarettes through the U.S. mail will dramatically cut into the illegal, un-taxed tobacco trade. And let’s face facts, cigarettes kill people and when these bootleg operations loose, the public wins.

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