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Rodeo officials rail against tobacco ads

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Maggie | 8:57 a.m. Sept. 6, 2007
Good for St. George Lions Dixie Roundup Rodeo for making the move to remove sponsorship for smokeless tobacco from their venue. The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars on advertising and promotion to increase their customer base, and if that weren�t enough they are now developing and marketing new tobacco products such as reduced risk� cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to gain new customers. Through these products, the tobacco industry is trying to create the perception of safer tobacco use to address the growing concern over the health effects of tobacco.
If you are looking for more information on the truth about these tobacco products or on tobacco control you can find it at the website Global Tobacco Control: Learning from the Experts (www.globaltobaccocontrol.org). This website provides free online lectures on tobacco control presented by subject experts from around the world.
Rodeo fan | 5:09 p.m. Sept. 6, 2007
Still remember going to the Dixie Round-up as a teenager. Good for them for not taking ads for tobacco! There are a lot of us out here involved with rodeo one way or another who don't use tobacco and don't want the idea that chew is part of the cowboy image pushed on our kids either!
GRAASP | 8:35 a.m. Sept. 7, 2007
We at GRAASP applaud this step by the St. George Lions Club. Not only does this act change the face of rodeo but groups such as the Lions' Club begin to challenge traditional behaviors and whether or not they send the message they want people to hear. We celebrate the positive action taken by St. George Lions.
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wonder woman | 1:26 p.m. May 14, 2008
if the tobacco industry dose not want ppl to STOP moking than i think that thtey shud stopadvertising it on the T.V, or jus tell all of the effects that is has.

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