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Dick Durbin: Although we have cut smoking rates in this country by half, today, we face a new threat--the rise of e-cigarettes.

On the recordJune 17, 2014
Although we have cut smoking rates in this country by half, today, we face a new threat--the rise of e-cigarettes.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights the increasing threat of e-cigarettes despite reduced smoking rates.

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