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Jeff Merkley: “Had this taken 2 years less, 4 years instead of 6 years, then we would have many thousands of high school and middle…”

On the recordApril 22, 2015
Had this taken 2 years less, 4 years instead of 6 years, then we would have many thousands of high school and middle school students who are not being basically brought into the nicotine addiction world.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the lengthy process that exposes youth to nicotine addiction.

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