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Barack Obama: what we don't want is kids going down that path in the first place.

On the recordJune 22, 2009
what we don't want is kids going down that path in the first place.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the importance of preventing children from starting to smoke.

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