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The tobacco industrys success at winning from Congress what it wanted while still providing the lawmakers with an opportunity to appear to be all in favor of health was a brilliant stroke

Whenever I walk around New York City I feel like Im straight out of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Total Recall, where half the population of Mars has their air taken away might be a bit of a stretch, but Arnold is kind of a hero of mine and Total Recall is a undoubtedly on the Mount Rushmore of action movies

sold 203.7 billion cigarettes to U.S

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