Campaign Takes On Big Tobacco -- By Supporting It [VIDEO]

May 25, 2012

A political campaign in California aims to increase the price of cigarettes by one dollar and use the proceeds to fund cancer research. They've released this hilarious video on Tuesday to get the word out, and it's already approaching 100,000 views. full story

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