Maggie Mahar: “That an industry that manufactures poison has been able to block health care reform is not just ironic, it’s tragic. Going forward, reformers need to push back by reminding voters that if all Americans stopped smoking””beginning with this generation of teens””that would do more to improve the health of the nation that any other reform.”
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