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Sanitized stamp angers smokers in the United States
The Postal Service issues a blues guitarist Robert Johnson stamp without his cigarette image stirring protests from pro smoking groups. The design choice prompt s debate as the National Smokers Alliance argues it insults 50 million smokers while a citizens committee favored avoiding cigarette promotion.
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Monica Hand
Thomas Humber
National Smoker’s Alliance
Marvin Runyon