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Article: GOVERNMENT SHIRKS TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORT.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2004
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Byline: David Macmaster
Who is responsible for the decimation of Wisconsin's tobacco control programs? Young people from all over America who attended the 2003 Tobacco or Health Conference said it is our elected officials who have sold out the kids and the rest of us.
Teens linked this retreat from the public health policies on tobacco control to budget corrections and other political excuses.
These adolescents are telling this story to other young people. They are asking their peers to stand up to both the tobacco companies who are trying to addict them and the politicians who are taking tobacco campaign contributions and abandoning their ...