Letter to NYC Council
Honorable Corey Johnson, Chair, Health Committee, New York City Council
City Hall, New York, NY 10007
April 25, 2017
Dear Mr. Johnson:
I am writing to support the proposed tobacco legislation that w...
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ...
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Most effective measure is the most under-utilized
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