State To Give Out Anti-Smoking Tape

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State To Give Out Anti-Smoking Tape

The state will distribute hundreds of copies of an anti-smoking video that was developed in a partnership with Georgia. Alabama's share of the "Fatal Addiction" video was 150-thousand dollars and Governor Don Siegelman gives the introductory remarks on the videos that will be distributed in Alabama. Jan Byrne, education coordinator with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said copies will be distributed to children's policy councils, schools, libraries, PTAs and other organizations. A survey released Friday by the state Department of Public Health showed a decline in teen smoking in Alabama. Twenty-four percent of high school students surveyed last year said they had smoked a cigarette in the last month. That was down from 37 percent in 1999.

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Maybe I can hollow it out and make a nice ashtray.

[newgeezer]

Here's a prime example of throwing good money down a bad hole (nevermind that the money was extorted from the tobacco companies in the lawyers-get-rich settlement with the states' attorneys general).

So, who's getting rich from the production and/or duplication of this video, which will be seen by few and will make a difference for few of those?