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Ed Markey: If that is the case and they're addictive, than what possible argument can they make in order to keep these products on…

On the recordJune 17, 2014
If that is the case and they're addictive, than what possible argument can they make in order to keep these products on the market or targeted toward children?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey challenges the justification for marketing e-cigarettes to children.

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