American Lung Assn. gives mixed reception to tobacco control efforts

January 27, 2012, 8:08 am by American Medical Association AMA

An annual report lauds graphic warning labels for cigarettes but takes the federal government to task for squandering "a huge opportunity to help smokers quit."

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