[Science] Download full size image Tobacco Companies Changed Cigarette Design Without Warnings


	[Science] Download full size image Tobacco Companies Changed Cigarette Design Without Warnings

Laxon

6-20-2009 4:27 PM

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Laxon says:

Thats a slap in the face for smokers.

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