Transcript: Anti-Smoking Measures Finally Having an Impact

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BOB EDWARDS, Host: The strange relationship between politicians and people in the tobacco industry. First, headlines from Jean Cochran.

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EDWARDS: For decades the tobacco industry has benefited from the support of the United States government. Even as health experts warned of the dangers of smoking, the government poured millions of dollars a year into tobacco export promotion programs and subsidies to tobacco farmers. But, lately, all that's been changing. Money for tobacco programs has been drying up, and both supporters and opponents of the tobacco industry say a growing anti-smoking attitude is now driving politicians ...

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