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LETTER: Ounce of prevention 

Jump to full article: The Royal Gazette (bm), 2002-03-26
Author: CHARLES H. JEFFERS

Intro:

Dr. Holder expressed his view on the lack of cigarette smoking laws versus the new law requiring the use of car safety belts. He compared the number of people who died from the effects of cigarette smoking each year to the lack of any statistics showing preventable deaths from non-use of car safety belts.

Dr. Holder and I are on the same page regarding the use of tobacco. I wrote an article that was published in August, 2000 under the headline, "When It comes to tobacco, Bermuda is struck in the Dark Ages".

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