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Tobacco firms 'encouraging young smokers' 

Jump to full article: Electronic Telegraph (uk), 2000-10-11
Author: David Derbyshire / Medical Correspondent

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A report from the Cancer Research Campaign and Action on Smoking and Health, the lobby group, accused companies of publicly opposing teenage smoking while privately marketing cigarettes at children.

The industry dismissed the report's accusations as "wild" and said that companies were prevented by agreement with the Government from aiming their products at teenagers.

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