South Carolina Representative Rex Rice Honored for Leadership in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
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WASHINGTON, July 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Campaign for Tobacco- Free Kids honored South Carolina State Representative Rex Rice for his leadership in advocating policies to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, especially among kids. Representative Rice was honored July 21st during the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Salt Lake City, Utah. Representative Rice, a freshman legislator, showed courage and leadership throughout the past session by supporting an increase in South Carolina's tobacco tax.
"Representative Rice has been a leader in the fight against tobacco use and has made a real difference in protecting our kids from tobacco addiction," said William V. Corr, Executive Director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "The policies advocated by Representative Rice are helping to reduce smoking, save lives and save money by reducing smoking-caused health care costs."See the full content of this document
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South Carolina Representative Rex Rice Honored for Leadership in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Tobacco use is the nation's leading preventable cause of death, killing more than 400,000 people and costing our nation more tha...
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