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...were unaware of the "day of lobbying" for the cigarette tax bill, which took place last Tuesday. But financial aid directors from Brandeis. Emerson, Wellesley and Boston University and students from Salem State. Boston College and Brandeis came to the event, sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG). In the morning, the group of about 30 talked strategy, and in the afternoon they discussed the bill with aides to more than 40 legislators. The response, they said, was from almost all sides, positive...
...follow up on their efforts, student representatives from each of the campuses say they will begin letter-writing campaigns, and MASSPIRG officials talk about starting a media blitz, including meeting with editorial boards on several newspapers. An AICUM official said last week that a television and radio ad campaign will begin in the next couple of weeks...
...Store 24, boxes covered labels, and all labels bore price per measure in asterisks which MassPIRG spokesmen have said are difficult for consumers to read...
Cahaly's of Harvard Square, at 47 Mt. Auburn St., and the Broadway Supermarket, at 168 Broadway, are single stores owned by one person and are not included under the law. However, both stores would be affected by the revisions of the law currently proposed by MassPIRG and under consideration by the Massachusetts Division of Standards...
...MassPIRG has called for expansion of types of stores covered by the Unit Price Law, improvement of the required labeling procedures, and the addition of placards contrasting the unit price of similar products to facilitate comparison shopping...