Florida Students Working Against Tobacco ''SWAT'' Launch Campaign Against Secondhand Smoke.

Business Wire | June 19, 2002 | Copyright

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CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2002

Florida Teens Meet at Statewide Summit To Take Tough Stand Against

the Third-Leading Cause of Preventable Death in the United States

Florida Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) is raising awareness among peers, family and communities about the dangers of secondhand smoke through a new campaign, dubbed "Out Of The Air." The statewide advocacy initiative will be launched at the Teen Tobacco Summit 5, to be held from June 19-22 at the Belleview Biltmore ...

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