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Old 03-31-2011, 08:27 AM  
AdultKing
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Originally Posted by Dejan View Post
Tobacco lobby wouldn't allow this...
They are already campaigning against it, but I think it's too late.

http://www.news.com.au/national/chee...-1226031535298

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BIG Tobacco is trying to turn smokers into a political force with an under-the-radar campaign encouraging protests against high taxes and bans on smoking in public.

The I Deserve to Be Heard campaign involves slipping small cards into cigarette packets directing smokers to a website headlined: “It’s time to tell the government you’ve had enough”.

The federal government says it will fight the industry’s campaign “tooth and nail”, with a spokeswoman for the Health Minister describing it as “an example of how low Big Tobacco is prepared to go to peddle their killer products.”

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/chee...#ixzz1IBvdaxBb

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