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...produces is enough to bring it support from people who see it as an indirect route to the Speaker's ear. "Of all the think tanks, that's one whose reports are not just going to sit on the shelf,'' says lobbyist Jim Tozzi, whose firm has helped tobacco and chemical firms fight government regulations. "If I give somebody money, I want to make sure the report will be read. If I give to that group, I know it will...
...Tobacco Institute, as well as tobacco companies were given the opportunity to respond, but all had policies prohibiting them from commenting to student newspapers...
While it is unlikely that tobacco advertisements or peer pressure will make many Harvard students take up the habit of smoking. Grammarossa points out that college is often a place where pre-existing smoking habits are enforced by peer groups that share the habit. Smoking is very much a social activity, she says...
Smokers at Harvard also tend to gravitate towards certain concentrations, with humanities concentrations having the highest percentage of smoking students (42 percent), social sciences having 41 percent, and natural and applied sciences having 28 percent. A smoker was defined here as one who had used a tobacco product at least once in the past year...
Thus, while smoking at Harvard can give one a sense of community with other smokers, it can also isolate one from students who dislike exposure to tobacco smoke...