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On the recordSeptember 13, 2009
If more people had heeded those early warnings or if we could have established the link between tobacco and cancer more quickly, many lives would have been saved.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin compares cell phone radiation concerns to historical cigarette warnings.

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