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Angie Craig: “I have sat for well over an hour now this morning, listening to the colloquies, the questions, and the debates between…”

On the recordMay 20, 1998
I have sat for well over an hour now this morning, listening to the colloquies, the questions, and the debates between the Senator from Missouri and the others who engaged him, concerned as we all are about teenage smoking, and concerned as we all are about what appears to have been a targeted effort on the part of some tobacco companies to increase teenage smoking. But the Senator from Missouri also cited a poll, as did the Senator from Texas, that indicates that amongst Americans the No. 1 issue with their teenage children is not smoking but drugs. Would the Senator from Missouri agree with that?
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing concerns about teenage smoking and drug use during Senate debate.

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