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Ed Markey: “It's clear that many of these images are quite glamorous and quite attractive and they really are taking a lesson from…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
It's clear that many of these images are quite glamorous and quite attractive and they really are taking a lesson from the 1950s playbook of the tobacco companies.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights concerns about e-cigarette marketing glamorizing smoking.

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