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Article: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Chairman Henry Waxman for Leadership in Reducing Tobacco's Devastating Toll
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- U.S. Newswire
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- May 6, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Ashley Rockhold of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,
+1-202-296-5469
WASHINGTON, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids tonight will present Representative Henry A.
Waxman (D-CA) with its highest honor, the Champion Award, for his
leadership in the fight to reduce the devastating toll of tobacco
use in the United States. For over three decades, Rep. Waxman has
led the fight in Congress to expose the tobacco industry's harmful
practices and enact effective tobacco control legislation.
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This year, as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, Rep. Waxman introduced ...