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Host Committee For Democratic Convention Refuses Tobacco Money 

"We have a clean and healthy lifestyle here in the City of Angels," said Noelia Rodriguez, CEO of LA Convention 2000, the host committee. "This sends a good message to the people of our city."

Republicans dismissed the announcement as political theatrics. The host committee for the Republican National Convention has no such ban on contributions from the tobacco industry. . .

"The smoke from the hypocrisy on this issue from the Democrats is so thick it must be stinging their eyes," said Mark Pfeifle, deputy communications director for the Republican National Committee. Pfeifle noted that some aides on the Gore campaign have worked for the tobacco industry in the past, and he pointed out that Gore's own family once grew tobacco on their farm in Tennessee. In earlier campaigns, Gore has also accepted donations from tobacco corporations.

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