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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: U.S. Should Support Efforts to Crack Down On Cigarette Smuggling, Including in Iraq
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by
Matthew L. Myers, president, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
-- U.S. Should Support Efforts to Crack Down On Cigarette
Smuggling, Including in Iraq
"Stories in today's issue of The Wall Street Journal detail
powerful evidence that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Japan Tobacco knew
that their distributors were shipping cigarettes to Iraq in violation
of U.S. law and United Nations sanctions, thereby financially
benefiting Saddam Hussein's family. The tobacco companies' denials
that they knew their cigarettes were being smuggled ...
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