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Why do poor people smoke more?

Megan Sandel and Renée Boynton-Jarrett , CNN
April 24, 2014

Crystal R. takes pictures of her neighborhood as part of Witnesses to Hunger. Among Crystal's photos of piles of trash, abandoned lots and barbed wire fences is a striking picture: large advertisements for "special prices" of cigarettes promising "Kool -- be true" that greet her on her way to shop for food.

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