We are not antifarmer or antiagriculture. We are prohealth care, we are prochildren. It is our goal to stop lung cancer in our lifetime. The Government that gives a Surgeon General warning on the dangers of smoking should not be subsidizing insurance for the crop of tobacco.
Jon Fox: “We are not antifarmer or antiagriculture. We are prohealth care, we are prochildren. It is our goal to stop lung cancer…”
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Addressing the government's role in tobacco subsidies and health care.
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