Word: tobacco
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Thanks to an aggressive effort by Cambridge's tobacco campaign program, it is now harder for young people to puff away their health. A recent sting operation by the program revealed that the supply of cigarettes available to minors from local vendors is becoming increasingly scarce. Of the Harvard Square merchants investigated in December, only 15 percent sold cigarettes to teenagers, down from 70 percent last February...
This decrease suggests that merchants are heeding the crackdown on underage smoking passed by the City Council last spring. While the city's method of monitoring enforcement--sending local teenagers undercover to purchase cigarettes--borders on entrapment, such measures are needed to combat the growing problem of teenage tobacco abuse. Recent studies have estimated that more than three million minors abuse tobacco, leading the Clinton administration to call such widespread use a "pediatric disease." In a year when smoking among eighth graders is up 30 percent and more kindergarteners can identify Joe Camel than Ronald McDonald, the city's actions...
Coloring In the Electoral Map. Clinton's choice last week for his first post--State of the Union jaunt, Kentucky, is a sign of his renewed electoral viability. A year ago, Kentucky's eight electoral votes seemed to go up in smoke after Clinton's proposal to restrict tobacco advertising. But a recent poll shows that Clinton now holds a 6-point lead over Dole in that tobacco-rich state...
...example of the "outlaw spirit" that prevailed during the weekend. In fact I declared just the opposite: "Of course, I never smoked when I was pregnant." This is an outrage. You announced to the world that I cavalierly exposed my five children to the harmful effects of tobacco while I carried each in my womb. I am disappointed by such sloppy and unprofessional reporting. FRANCES P. (MRS. G. GORDON) LIDDY Fort Washington, Maryland...
...TOBACCO: NEW ALLEGATIONS...