The Nation - News from July 11, 1985
Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to require manufacturers of smokeless tobacco to warn users they risk cancer and other mouth disorders. Public Health Commissioner Bailus Walker Jr., who issued the order, also said the state will launch a “major public awareness campaign” to alert teen-agers to the dangers of snuff and chewing tobacco, popular with many youths as a substitute for cigarettes.
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