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Article: TOBACCO-CONTROL WORK IS FAR FROM "ANTI-SMOKER'.(Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2005
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To the Editor:
Your informative article Oct. 26 began with the words "Anti-smokers ..." You continued to explain that smoking rates in New York state have dropped below the national average, largely due to efforts of the state's tobacco-control program.
Those directly involved in tobacco-control programs are very much pro-smokers. We are interested in helping individuals addicted to nicotine quit the habit.
Deaths from all forms of tobacco use continue to escalate; half of all people who smoke will die as a result of their smoking. Those involved in tobacco control are against the misleading advertising of tobacco companies that appeal to children every way they ...