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On the recordMarch 11, 2015
What this means is while this vacuum exists, and I must say when products are labeled after things like flavored gummy bears and double dutch chocolate, so on and so forth, the targeting for children is quite obvious.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley highlights the obvious targeting of children by flavored tobacco products.

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