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Health/Science
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USA
State:
Kansas
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LO: SMOKING CIGARETTES IS SEXY, SOMETIMES
Source: University Daily Kansan
Author: Teresa Lo
Sep 17, 2006 -- Warning: This column is not for anyone under the age of 18; anyone who suffers from being too “PC;” or anyone who lives righteously by “morals.” I want to declare that cigarettes make you look cool, but only if you know how to smoke in the sexiest way possible. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, and that the death toll caused by tobacco-related products is at nearly five million people a year. By the year 2020, the number of deaths will double to ten million a year if the current smoking patterns continue.
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Teen smoking
Region:
USA
State:
Kansas
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FEWER STORES SELLING CIGARETTES TO MINORS
Source: Kansas.com
Author: Steve Painter
Nov 17, 2005, TOPEKA -- A crackdown on sales of tobacco products to minors has brought Kansas back into compliance with federal law, according to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
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