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A study of smokers by the City Health Department turned up data that was summarized in this bar graph. Stanley Downey, director of medical services at Community Hospital, said the information indicates that "we need to set up an 'addiction control' program in the city's elementary and high schools."

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You ask Herbert Gilkeyson, superintendent of public schools, to respond to Downey's suggestion, and he says he will take the matter to the city school board. You call Rodney Addison, chairman of the Freeport Board of Education for his reaction and he says: "I think this is a sound idea."

Write a piece for the evening newscast on Channel 7 that will include the bar graph. Also, write a story for www.freenews.com.

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