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Cord Byrd: Absolutely. And I say this not in defense of smoking, but the young lady or the young man who buys alcohol, or who buys…

On the recordJuly 23, 1997
Absolutely. And I say this not in defense of smoking, but the young lady or the young man who buys alcohol, or who buys tobacco is not likely to go out and take a smoke and wrap his car around the telephone pole killing himself or possibly some other teenagers or striking an automobile and killing a lady and her daughter who are out grocery shopping.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the dangers of alcohol and tobacco consumption.

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