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World in Action

Season 24 · Episode 37

The Secret of the Safer Cigarette

0.0July 4, 1988

Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation.

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Episode 37The Secret of the Safer Cigarette
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