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Despite Tobacco?s Perils, Kremlin Yields to Smokers

The Russian government seems reluctant to tackle the country?s high smoking rate in part because anti-vice campaigns have historically produced a sharp backlash.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/europe/07smoking.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/europe/07smoking.html" border="0"/></a> </span>