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On the recordJune 4, 2026
Today, with fewer and fewer children picking up cigarettes, Big Tobacco created a new, flashy, kid-friendly product that they billed as safer: the e-cigarette.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing youth e-cigarette addiction at a news conference.

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