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Health Department Concerns About Tobacco Vendors At Riverbend 

The Hamilton County Health Department is concerned about the tobacco vendors at Riverbend.

It says they're in violation of the Master Settlement Agreement by advertising and distributing products in the presence of children and teens.

Friends of the Festival say this is not the case.

WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom explains.

Hamilton County Health Department Coordinator of Tobacco Education and Control Jay Collum says, "Riverbend is a great festival. Kids love it, and precisely for that reason we feel that it's not ideal to be promoting and marketing tobacco products."

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