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Indian-owned tobacco sites targeted
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2001

Two Democratic state lawmakers in California are planning to introduce a bill to require web sites that sell tobacco products to install age verification software.

Assemblyman Dario Frommer said her staff was able to order tobacco products from an Indian-owned web site using the name of a minor. Along with Assemblywoman Helen Thomson, he is sponsoring the bill.

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Web tobacco sales come under fire Minors can buy cigarettes online (The San Francisco Chronicle 12/20)