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Article: We the people have voices heard Citizens lobby lawmakers on smoking, early release; for prisoners, new logo
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- March 26, 2009
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West Allis -- Last month, teenager Marco Lira of Milwaukee found
a group of 8-year-olds smoking a block from his house.
Lira -- a member of the student group Fighting Against Corporate
Tobacco, or FACT -- asked them why they were smoking. Most looked
away, but one told him: "Because it's cool."
"When I heard those words, I wanted to laugh and scream at the
same time," Lira told the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee
Wednesday. "My brother is 6. When he turns 8, I don't want him to
follow the same path."
Lira was joined by a score of middle and high school students
urging the committee to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and other
public places and raise the cigarette tax by 75 cents a ...