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TobaccoFreeKids write letters about Fire-Safe Cigarettes to New York
Legislators? Even if you don't live in New York the Fire-Safe
Cigarette bill will help us all.
Read the story of the "Winston Man"
- Alan Landers was the face in the Winston cigarette ads.
The compelling story of his survival after years of tobacco use is a
TSU "Must Read".
More than 400,000 people die of
tobacco-related illnesses in
the U.S. every year -- more than from AIDS, car crashes,
alcohol, suicides, homicides, fire, and illegal drugs combined...(more)
Cigarettes contain over 4,000
chemicals including carbon
monoxide, formaldehyde, arsenic, lead, and hydrogen
cyanide (same gas used in the gas chamber). Almost four
dozen of these chemicals are known to cause cancer....(more)
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clicking here.