Today, 1,400 people--give or take--will die from smoking-related disease in this country. Another 1,400 tomorrow... and the next day and so on.

500,000 a year in America dying from smoking. Cancer, emphysema, COPD, diabetes and the list goes on.

Isn't it time we removed this poison from the store shelves? The cost financially is $250 billion a year... and who gets the bill? We all do.

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