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Richard Blumenthal: “If tobacco companies put a cigarette in the mouth or hand of one of those children, their denials of marketing to…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
If tobacco companies put a cigarette in the mouth or hand of one of those children, their denials of marketing to children would be laughed out of this building.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal criticizes tobacco marketing aimed at children, drawing a parallel to energy drink marketing.

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