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January 6, 2013
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Editorial: Laws restricting smoking make a matchless blessing

Readers old enough to remember tobacco TV commercials probably can warble along with the slogan “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.” The industry journal Advertising Age in 1999 ranked it eighth-best of all jingles airing on radio and television in the 20th century. No doubt its success helped R.J. Reynolds company executives cough all the way to the bank. Given that history, there’s a certain satisfaction to be derived from a city of Winston policy set to go into to effect Jan. 17. The City Council last month agreed to restrict smoking in each of Winston’s three parks. The …

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