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Tobacco And Politics

While the Democrats have charged repeatedly that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole is in the back pocket of tobacco interests, both parties have benefitted from camapign contributions from the tobacco industry. Democrats are getting less money than they used to, but they still get a lot. And the Clinton Administration, while it has tried to limit smoking domestically, has not done so when it comes to tobacco exports. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

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