Transcript: WELLER URGES STRONG HOUSE APPROACH TO ANTI-TEEN SMOKING AND WAR-ON-DRUGS LEGISLATION

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June 22, 1998
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WELLER URGES STRONG HOUSE APPROACH TO ANTI-TEEN SMOKING AND WAR-ON- DRUGS LEGISLATION

Washington, D.C... Dramatic declines in teen use of tobacco and drugs should be pursued by the U.S. House of Representatives according to U.S. Representative Weller.

"The Senate's failure to pass a gravy train tobacco bill won't stop the House from passing strong anti-teen smoking and drug legislation," said Weller, -The House legislation should focus on teenager's tobacco use, not on raising taxes. We can not allow ourselves to be divided and distracted by tax increases (as the Senate was) at a time when American teenager' s health and ...

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