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Gov. Haley Barbour Creates Market For School Ashtrays
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Can a tobacco lobbyist change his spots?
Former Tobacco Lobbyist Turned Governor Kills Statewide Anti-Smoking Program
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former tobacco industry lobbyist, won a long battle in court to withdraw all funding for Mississippi's highly successful anti-smoking program, and last week the last dollar ran out.
"This is truly a case of one man, a longtime tobacco industry lobbyist, using his power to destroy a program that was reducing tobacco use among Mississippi's kids," said Matthew Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a national nonprofit organization.
In a report to be issued Wednesday, the group documents what it calls Barbour's "relentless attack" on what it said was the nation's most successful anti-smoking program.
From ABC News Blog
Will the Haley Barbour ashtrays be distributed to the Mississippi school restrooms?
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