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neighborhood, which lies between around UK. “This is an area “questionable legality" because it \\'ith the economic impact L'K lurtlier tlL'\ elopment of housing
em 07d UK and downtown. where the density of people and speciﬁcally targeted his clients' students ba\e oti the citv. their for students would benefit hiiii
The ban puts on holdapropos— cars is too great as it presently proposal. needs should be taken more serir financially, since it would keep
al to demolish a tobacco ware— exists." “Legislation has to be directed ously, said Dennis .\nderson. a demand high for the units he
halt a ects house on South Mill Street and South Hill residents have “Ward a class 0f individuals," he real cstt‘itc de\ eloper .md ,mcww mms' “up he “up he opposes the
build in its place an apartment requested that the area's zoning said. “It‘s pretty clear that their who owns llll) housing units council's move anvwav.
. complex geared toward UK stu- classiﬁcation be made more foctts was on a project." around campus. i “I don‘t think it‘s good for the
S tb H ll dents. The site borders the neigh- restrictive. The proposed coiit ilex, South "l don't think it‘s right to dis~ L‘niversity and I don‘t think it‘s
0“ Z borhood along Mill, Pine and The moratoriutn will last until Mill Commons, would include 24 place the students from around good for the students."
Cedar streets. the council can consider and vote apartments. each with four bed» campus." he said. "l".\er\lioil\"s L Restriction also limits the avail—
BY James Ritchie “I feel this moratorium is on the issue; two public hearings rooms, on a little more than an for historic preservation ' how ability. affordability and quality of
Meier Editor appropriate and needed to prevent will be held before a decision is acre. l‘iach apartment would be can you not be tor historic preser» ofllcampus housing for students,
development that might have a made. allotted three parking spaces. ration? but there‘s a balance. I Anderson said.
The Lexington—Fayette L‘rban negative impact on this very frag— Rob Maclin, an attorney for the That ratio of icdrooms to think the pendulum has swung a “Students should be included
County Council voted yesterday ile downtown neighborhood," said group of investors that wants to parking spaces would compare little too far to the side of the in the debate," .\l.iclm said. “I was
to place a temporary ban on new Dick DeCamp, a council member )uild the complex, said he thought favorably to other homes in the preservatnmists." disappointed that the students
construction in the South Hill whose district includes the area yesterday's council action was of neighborhood, .\laclin said. \nderson said that restricting were isolated in the process."
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\\’ith the Student (iovernment Association‘s
resolution regarding disabled students‘ concerns
comes hope for the problems surrounding campus
transportation.
L‘K student Todd (Zollins experienced prob»
l lcins earlier this year with the l.ex'l‘ran bus that
l takes him to his iob and classes on campus. “\\'hen
there is a problem with the bus, it makes all the
students late," Collins said.
Maybe this is a rare
problem, but it lit a fire
undcr S(i:\ l’resident ‘
Melanie (LrtiI. . .
\\'itli the support ofthe
I operations and evaluation yyewwm
committee. a resolution b m '
. was drafted regarding the ear ,
rights for disabled stu— W
A dents on L'K‘s campus. 51M
; “This ]is {h}: ofiiicial w Ctbﬁ'iti’
, \oicc of tie 7 ' stut eiit
l i government," (Iruz said. w tym-
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l directed at the request for W8
.1 an elevator in the (10111‘ V '
ll mons. which is “expected Mm
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1; dent government, (Iruv [11(ng
' said.
i mm BARTON Am»: \0“ that S(;:\ has
i Alike Land works on a .iertion of telephone wirex to reconnect them in ref: of 2 5 . His company, Driﬂ‘wood Inc, is removing telephone lines on (.‘olumhiu .‘li‘t’nm’ to update the .miem approved the resolution.
with new tables. The cables on Colombia are being hooked up to a new high-.rpeed nerwork. administrators are expected to act on it and ensure
i that all issues covered in it are addressed.
‘ Although a few isolated problems have been
; reported to the SGA, such as (Iollins‘ problem
1 with the lack of accessibility on a Lex'l‘ran bus.
- l [K Director of 'l‘ransportation Don Thornton
: has received none.
‘ “It is not the students responsibility to have to
worry about these problems, but ours.“ Thornton
By Ka‘rrle‘ Balaton Several complaints arose last year Personal Access Code (PAC). For new “hurt a student creates an account “Millie Liniversitv ‘l'l’l’llt‘s the services ”f ,hc _‘
Contributing Writer regarding abuse ofthe microlabs by the students, this code is your birth month on the web, his or her enrollment is (. \TS m) 7mm {(3 students for free This service
general public. UK Information Sys— and date in the form of four numbers. verified via the LTK computer system. has beeln i: ham since 1931 and gi‘m‘c then the
,. Chris Hatfield, 3 Lexington Com- tems discovered a solution that would Without the code, computer access However, information on l.(I(I stu— (‘A’IS “ch ll.“ rrown from 0;]; to g“, hm“ ’ ~
munity College sophomore, learned restrict everyone but UK students. would be denied at the UK microlabs. dents is not in the system's memory. " “K” ”w ('A'IES‘ buses "C 0 iii ) ied with .h-indi-
the hard wa ' that LCC students had The solution was an SNDS account After lab consultants informed Hat~ Therefore, LCC students could previ- m )‘wd accessible lifts. ‘1“ ”(if viliich are ”‘ em_
been denied access to UK Microlab that would require students to log on field of this new policy, he told the lab ously only use I.(Z(I computers, which tidilil .. Thornton said ‘ ‘ ’ p
computers. to the computer using the student’s consultant hewas an LCC student. The are located on South (jampus. Collins said he has‘not had any problems with "
consultant said as of Sept. 8, no L(.(, Hatfield, a resident of Boyd Hall on H ‘ (ATS b (m whi -h h .' l ) l- . th-
students could use the computers in the North Campus said this was "totally I“ l r” ‘ ._ Q ‘ f (Cp‘LI’N‘S m . f ,j.
. .. , _ 7‘ . ucnin . tilt is experiences with ch I ran have .
microlabs. Last week consultants cor- unacceptable in his letter. As .i sopho— l .. . if _ ‘ .- .
. . . ._ .. ‘ ‘ ‘ teen .i lttlLlll()thl"\1ng. .
rected the problem so L(.(. students can more who used these same computers Tl . ~ . ‘ .. Th 'h 'd } . i,
use UK microlabs, said Kathy Hamperi- last year, he said he felt “cheated." like h _ hm “mm? as "9‘” t” ornton, “ 0 53' K
' fd skto su )rt. “a second class student" at L'K. as card no complaints froin students.
an, senior manager 0 e P PP‘ . . _ . .
Student Government Association In response, llampcrian told ll‘l‘fmf‘i'l urgeskstudenis to voice the” Prglj'
got involved after reading Hatfield’s Schuler that “a change would be forth- LT“? "C” .‘ l" P” mg 3'“ transportation 3‘ 2. /‘
complaint. Joe Schuler, executive coming," Schiller said. L'K lnforma- / 1|", 4.
director of Academic Affairs, wrote 3 tion Systems was in the process of “ e want to hear about theistudents problcnms, g
letter that said LCC students “as a part determining how to allow LCC stu- whether ‘t '5 about transportation 0" parking, he '
‘ of the campus deserve the same dents access while keeping the general 53"}; . ‘
access to campus facilities as students public out, Schuler said. .1 have been itiitiresscil with what I hear on the a
of the University." The change ptit into effect last week F'Jfll" from the lyex I ran derCTSv _ l hornton 531d.
Hamperian said, “A chan e would was initiated prior to Hatfield's letter, “Sonietimes'l W1” hear the!" passmg information i».
.' be forthcoming,” according to Hamperian said. To obtain an 0“ the location Of stranded StUdL‘mS and they W1“ jg
Schuler’s letter to the Kernel. Ham e- account, LCC students mttst visit U‘V t0. [{9} that student [“0de UP «15 quwkly 35 P05-
rian also read a copy of Hatfield's et- McVey Hall. After their enrollment $1511“ ‘Il‘horntonsaid.
ter, which was printed in the Kernel. has been veriﬁed, they can use their Lex I ran‘othIals could not be reached for com— ﬁ.
'54 ' ‘ SGA's job is “to represent all stu- PAC account for access to all of the room, but Thornton said Lex I ran is doing a good .
W“ dents on the Lexington Campus,” UK computer labs. iob handling the campus load lor disabled students.
' "‘ Schuler said in his letter. He said be To prevent other computer prob- “Ifthere is a problem with the buses, it is proba— .. "a” _
. 5" . would be in contact with LCC sena- lems, SGA is in the process of getting lily the drivers' fault because they have the respon— W
’ tors for SGA Tony Shartle and Hen- ap roval for a Student Computing sihility to check their equipment before they go on
drix Floyd regarding the issue before A visory Board, Schuler said. The their runs. Prigpin, l have not heard of any of these
> , g \ today’s meeting SGA meeting. committee would consist of seven stu- pmhIems,“ ornton said.
" " “ : LCC students had been denied dents and a student chairman and s(;,\ officials said the resolution should shed
m Fm K'm’m access because of an “oversight” on the would report directly to Jean light on all the situations involving disabled stu- .. ~
3"“ m Lexington Community College studenLr‘ complaint: about a lack web page that allows students to create Williams, vice president of lnforma- dents, and corrcct a four—year problem for disabled .
of access to campus computers are being addrexred by Student Government and UK. their accounts, Hampenan said. “on SYS‘CNS' students.

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Hepatitis B rampant on campuses

UK Med Cen ter _Kitiiié’ﬁﬁﬁé‘:'3’.h,§it'§ha.f"°o‘¥2§.“;"3p‘if‘i‘§§
offers vaccination

By Delmar Walklns
Contributing Writer

A potentially deadly disease is affecting 18—
to 30—year-olds that is 1,000 times more com-

ﬁﬁ

municable than HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS.

The disease is Hepatitis B.

About 300,000 new cases of
Hepatitis B are reported each year,

those who live with infecte peo le.
Once a person contracts

epatitis B, 50
percent of them show no sym toms. Forty-

HBIS IIII l'lBIIltltlS B

According to a study released in August
by the University of South Florida:

nine percent have extreme flu-like symptoms,
such as fever, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, loss

ofa

tite and vomiting.
e remaining 1 percent of all cases develop

acute fulminant hepatitis, in which case the

patient might

rience extreme fatigue, yel-
lowe skin and swelling of the
abdomen, and can be fatal if not
treated immediately.

While 90 percent of those infect-
ed develop antibodies to protect

according to the Hepatitis B Foun— “ ”e themselves from the (1153359, 5 t0 10
dation. .. ' ‘0 89 percent do not develop this protec-
This number directly affects col- Student-f bad tion and become carriers of the dis—
lege students because “most of them little knowl— ease. Even If they .no longer have
are adolescents or adults,” said edge oftbe SYTHPEOIPS, Hepautis B patients can
Susan Ainsworth of the American Hepatitis B unknowmgly spread the disease.
College Health Association. 0-,”: and r An ACHA study showed. that
But many students do not know i .a e most students at the UniverSIty of
about hepatitis because “you don’t 710‘ seekmg Southern California did not know
hear about it on TV and people the vacanatton the ways the disease is spread and
aren’t going to look up books on against the thought the costs for vaccmation
hepatitis (to get the information)," virus. it were high.
said Rick Moore, a mechanical V “The results revealed that these
engineerin senior. college students had little knowl-
Like AIDS, Hepatitis B is a blood- mar-loan“ edge of the Hepatitis B virus and
borne athogen that can be spread Colllns _ are not seeking the vaccination
through blood and bodil ﬂuids. “Sifm' 05"" against the virus,” said MarJeanne
Having unprotected, sex, using WW" Collins, chairwoman of the Vac-

intravenous drugs, using unsterilized
needles for tattooing or acupunc—

ture, and sharin items such as razors, tooth-

brushes or washc oths can spread the virus.

10,000 times easier to catc than HIV.

Doctors estimate He atitis B is 100 to

cine-Preventable Task Force.
Up to 80 percent of the students

had never had a hepatitis vaccination, she said.
Ryan White, an undeclared freshman, said
he “heard a little about it in high school health

and a little on the news” but was unaware of its

V Hepatitis B is 1,000

times more contagious

than HIV.

V The virus is a major
cause of infectious liver

cases of Hepatitis B
occur annually in the
United States; an esti-
mated one million peo-
ple carry the disease.
V Many students are
covered for a Hepatitis
B vaccine under their
parents’ insurance.
Students who aren't
covered can gel one at
their university at a
reduced rate.

CHRIS ROSEITML Kernel mﬂ’

shots spread out over six months. Each shot
costs $25 for a UK student. At a doctor’s ofﬁce,
this cost might be doubled or tripled.

“All people who are exposed (to the virus)
on campus can come and get the vaccine,” said
Dr. S ncer Turner, director of the University
Heal Service.

To receive a hepatitis vaccination, UK stu-
dents may sim 1 set up an appointment b
calling 323—AP (2 778). The Student Health

The highest risk group of contracting the
virus is sexually active adults and teens, intra-

causes, symptoms or vaccinations.
The vaccine consists of three nearly painless

Service re uires students to pay the $25 shot
cost at the illing desk.

Weems: Get

back to roots

By Beth Manley
Contributing Writer -

The black community must
keep its faith in the things that it
has worked for and not give up in
the face of opposition, Renita J.
Weems told a crowd of nearly 200
last night in Memorial Hall.

The speech, which Weems
delivered as part of the annual
Roots and Heritage Festival, was
met with thunderous applause.

Weems began her speech by
commending the sponsors of the
Roots and Heritage Festival for
their efforts to keep black history
alive.

She spoke about education and

her teachers and how it was their
love that helped make her the
woman she is today. Quoting
Alice Walker: “To acknowledge
our ancestors means that we are
aware that we did not make our-
selves,” Weems said.

Weems spoke of the impor-
tance of knowing your roots and
takin from your relatives and
frien s the history that makes a
person who the are.

When asked’if the black com-
munity has been wasting its time
working for a future, she said “all
things can be accomplished
through faith.”

Weems said ou had to keep
your faith and eep on fighting
even if you never get to see the
results of all that you’ve worked
for.

Paulette Clay, who attended
the lecture, said she found Weems
inspiring.

Speaker kicks oil Heritage

“1 am thankful for the opportu-
nity to see her speak and I think
that the selection committee ﬁnal-
ly did the right thing.”

Clay was referring to the fact
that Weems is the first female to
speak since the festival’s beginning
more eight years a o.

Tisha Carter-Smith said she
found Weems inspiring as well.

“She said many things and had
many phrases that I will carry with
me and ponder through out my
life.”

Carter-Smith found the section
where Weems talked about
remembering the lessons your
ancestors taught you to be particu-
larly interesting.

Weems’ speech was sponsored
by Valvoline Oil and the Martin
Luther King Cultural Center.

Weems is associate professor of
Old Testament studies at Vander-
bilt University Divinity School in

Festival

Nashville.

She is the author of several
magazine articles; some of which
have been featured in Essence mag-
azine and the New Y ork Times Boole
Review.

Weems has written two books
on women’s spirituality and
wholeness, just a Sister Away, and
I Asked for Intimacy.

She is currently working on
another book about women and
spirituality which will be pub-
lished in 1998.

Weems who is also an ordained
Minster, received her masters
degree and doctorate from Prince-
ton Theological Seminary in
Priceton, NJ. She was ordained an
elder in the African Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1984.

Weems also has a bachelor’s
degree in Economics from
Wellesley College in Wellesley,
Mass.

Berkeley plans to dely

Pledge at LSU sues

Congratulates our 1997 pledges:

Cathy Agent
Carrie Aro

Kristy Barnett
Nico e Borkoski
Emily Bossart
Gina Bozzelli
Cara Brennen
Rachel Brinker
Ticia Capal

Meg Crase
Carson Crawford
Kim Davis
Adrienne Dewees
Julie Einhorn
Whitne Faulkner
Erin Giliillan
Christi Harvey
Katrina Howard
Elizabeth Issacs
Brittney Ienkens
Carly Linville
Jessica McMahon
Ellie Mirrielees
Iodi Moore 6

Sam Mullinix
Ann Marie Oliver
Rachel Omohundro
Meg Ouimet
Nicole Perry
Ashle Powell
Mere ith Pritchett
Katie Reeves

Lucy Robertson
Jessica Sanders
Carey Sheridan
Krissy Stein

Leah Stiebling
Beth Sti er

Julie Tay or

Katie Thompson
Melissa Thompson
Louise Van Winkle
Kelle Ward

Nata ie White
Sarah Woods

Katie Yann
Stephanie Yater

By Ellen Lee
Daily Californian

BERKELEY, Calif. — The city of
Berkeley has announced that it will defy
Proposition 209, which bans race and
gender preferences in public institutions,

y retaining its current hiring and con-
tractin practices.

As e American Civil Liberties Union
and other civil rights advocates take the
controversial law to the Supreme Court,
Berkeley administrators said they will
continue policies that encourage diversity
in the workforce.

“We will continue doing what we are
doing,” said Mayor Shirley Dean. “There
is no need for change, but we will keep an
eye on things. We’re going along with
what we have because it has worked. We
have achieved a diverse workforce.”

City Council members unanimously
voted to defy the measure when it was
originally passed by 54 percent of Califor-
nia’s voters last November. The proposi-
tion became law last Thursday.

“We hope to set a better exam le that
fair and equal treatment can wor ,” said
council member Poll Armstron . “The
Berkeley staff is adgood example 0 that.”

Armstrong an Dean bo participated
in Jesse Jackson’s “Save the Dream arch
across the Golden Gate Bridge on Thurs-

a .

)“We will continue to assure diversity.
We see it as vitally important,” Armstrong
said. “If fairness. equality and diversity
aren’t the underpinnings of Berkeley, then
I wouldn't know where it would "

But City Attorney Manuela Albu-
querque said that since Berkeley has never

used quota tems, Proposition 209
will not affect e city’s hiring and con-
tracting practices.

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Proposition 209 laws

“We have no practices of race and gen-
der-conscious hiring,” Albuquerque said.
“We’re not allowed to do that, and we
don’t do that. We engage in various pro-
grams that target groups to get an ade-

uate applicant pool so that we can hire a
diverse staff. Outreach programs even out
the playin ﬁeld.”

City 0 cials said they will encourage
diversity by drawing a plicants from
minority associations an favoring con-
tracting companies with a large propor-
tion of minorities.

Berkeley’s policies have led to legal dis-
putes over reverse discrimination in the
past, but council members said they do
not see lawsuits as a threat.

“Any time, any da , you can get sued,”
Armstron said. “ ou can’t make bad
decisions ased on a fear of lawsuits.”

Mayor Shirley Dean added that the
city’s stand against Pro ition 209 would
not influence state fun ' g for Berkeley.

Although Gov. Pete Wilson, supports
the prognition, he cannot use his position
against erkeley since the city‘s funding is
mostly determined by p0 lation and
competition for state grants, ean said.

“We’re able to be competitive for (state
grants) because we have good proposals,”
she said. “If the governor wou d interfere
with a good proposal because of a political
dispute, the howls would be enormous
across the state.”

Although California voters approved
Proposition 209 last November, more
3:; 80 nt of Berkeley voters marked

gainst the measure.
“The more than twothirds vote is
indicative that people in Berke] support

afﬁrmative action, said counci member

Dona Spring. “We will try to uphold what

pf: _le want but still not jeopardize state
ng.”

8011001, fraternity

Student says
SAE forced
him to binge

Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La.
—— A Louisiana State Uni-
versity student who nearly
died after a night of drink-
ing that killed a fellow fra-
ternity pledge filed a neg-
ligence suit Tuesday
against the school, the fra-
terni and the bar where
the rank.

Donald Hunt, 20 was
hos italized for nearly a
wee after the Aug. 25
binge that ended with the
death of his friend and
roommate, Benjamin
Wynne, also 20.

Hunt’s lawsuit, which
seeks unspeciﬁed dam-
ages, alle es that he and
other pledges were forced
by members of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity
to consume pitchers of
drinks, and that the frater—
ni did not do enou h to
he p nearly two ozen
drunk pledges.

Parame c: said Hunt
was not breathing and was
near death when they
arrived at the fraternity
house.

Authorities said
Wynne’s blood-alcohol
level was 0.588 percent —
nearly six times the mini-
mum required for proof of

intoxication. Louisiana’s
legal drinking age is 21.
Hunt argues that Mur—
piiy’s Bar was negligent
cause its em lo ees, one
of whom was ’s presi-
dent, should have stopped
the drinking at the private

pa .

lThe suit targets the
university for allegedly
failing to regulate or dis-
courage bid night, when
pledges are formally
accepted into fraternities.

LSU Chancellor
William Jenkins referred
all calls to the university’s
attorneys.

“While the university
re ets any misfortune
su ered by any student,
the university has no legal
liability and lans to
defend the suit lly,” said
LSU attorney Shelby
McKenzie.

A man who answered
the phone Tuesday said at
the SAE fraterm said
“no comment” anEl’hung
up without giving his

name. After Wynne’s
death, signs were ted at
all campus ternity

houses saying reporters
were not welcome.

Representatives of the
bar owners did not imme-
diately return calls for
comment Tuesday. Mur-
p‘liy’s Bar has gone out of

iness, something its
owners said they had

Ianned to do even before
ynne’e death.

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get award

‘ for service

By Heather llally
Contributing Writer

In the bus and ever—changing
world of health care, doctors are
sometimes criticized for
seeing a patient as a chart
rather than a person.

But students like Bill
Riordan may one day
dis rove that stereotype.

Riordan will receive
an award Thursday at the
UK College of
Medicine’s annual fall
academic convocation
and awards day at the
UK Hospital Auditori-
um. Although the award
he wins remains a mys-
tery until after the ceremony, why
he will receive it is obvious.

Riordan, a third-year medical
student, spends most of his Fri-
days at the Mary Copeland Home
interacting with abused or
neglected children.

“He has accepted the notion of
medicine as a service profession,”
said Dr. Thomas Garrity, profes-
sor and chairman of behavioral
science at the UK College of

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Medicine.

The son of a Navy pilot, Rior-
dan was born in Brunswick, Maine
but has lived in Hawaii, Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania and in the
South Paciﬁc.

He became involved with the
children’s home last year through
a service learning project, an elec-
tive offered to interdisciplinary
groups of students, that address
the needs of agencies like the

Co‘ﬁland Home.
e project is designed to gen-
erate a continuing

interest in community
service for health pro-
fessionals.

Finding the home
needed an improved
play area, the students
raised money for
equipment through
donations, a grant
from the American
Medical Student Asso-
ciation, and selling raf-
ﬂe tickets.

“(Riordan) was
pretty much out fund-raiser,” said
Shirley Tipton, curriculum con-
sultant in the college. “He was
very active in going down and
working with the group.”

The elective is over, but Rior-
dan, the home’s September Vol-
unteer of the Month, continues to
spend Fridays with the children.

“Once you see these kids, you
can’t stop going,” he said. “You
get to know them and their sto-

ries."

Administrators of the home
invited Riordan to serve on a
steering committee that is plan-
ning fund-raisers for a new chil-
dren’s shelter to be built on a farm
on Briar Hill Road.

“He has demonstrated a level
of commitment to the service of
people in the community that
approximates the ideal of
medicine that is infrequently
found," Garrity said.

Riordan, 28, hasn’t always
wanted to be a doctor. He gradu-
ated with an electrical engineering
degree from Penn State Universi-
tv.

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But he wasn't happy.

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warding,” Riordan said.

He began volunteering at an
early age, visiting the elderly with
his mother, a nurse who was active
with different groups.

“I've always been very lucky,"
Riordan said. “It feels good to give
something to someone else."

Faculty want to develop future
doctors like Riordan, who are in
touch with all aspects of their
community.

“He has the compassionate and
caring side that we're trying to
develop in our curriculum," Tip—
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With tobacco. companies facing a $368.5
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