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Ed Markey: So 'cool' was a word then and it's a word now, and each time it's just kind of trying to get the young kid into the…

On the recordJune 17, 2014
So 'cool' was a word then and it's a word now, and each time it's just kind of trying to get the young kid into the pattern of smoking cigarettes.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the marketing strategy targeting youth through the term 'cool'.

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