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Article: Maine gets perfect score in lung association's report
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 10, 2006
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine, which a decade ago had the nation's
highest teen smoking rate, has become the first state to win a
perfect score from the American Lung Association for its tobacco-
fighting efforts.
Maine's grades contrasted sharply with those of the United States
as a whole, which received mostly F scores in the lung association's
annual report card on anti-tobacco progress, released Tuesday.
The United States received F scores for Food and Drug
Administration regulation of tobacco, programs to quit smoking and
cigarette taxes. The federal tax is 39 cents for a pack of 20.
The country also received a D grade in the fourth category, which
dealt with the global anti-tobacco treaty ...