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Article: Gordon part of no-smoking campaign. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- January 23, 1996
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Public service announcements will start airing soon on radio and television in South Carolina that the state's stock car racing fans probably will find surprising.
Driver Jeff Gordon, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, is going to urge young people not to smoke.
Yes, the same Jeff Gordon who collected a $1.3 million bonus in December from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for taking the 1995 Winston Cup title with the Hendrick Motorsports team.
But Gordon, 24, isn't betraying the series sponsor.
In fact, the TV footage and radio spots were prepared Saturday in Winston-Salem with the cooperation of RJR officials before the annual Winston Cup ...