HEALTHMay 27 · 08:30 UTCSTAT NEWSDick Durbin

Opinion: Sen. Dick Durbin: Trump is letting Big Tobacco target children

Sen. Dick Durbin shares his personal experience of losing his father to lung cancer and highlights his legislative efforts to reduce smoking, including a 1988 ban on smoking on domestic flights. He criticizes Trump for allowing Big Tobacco to target children.

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