The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is an American non-profit

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that advocates in favor of reducing

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. It has been called "a leading anti-tobacco organization" by ''

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''.

History

It was established in September 1995, with

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as its first president. Novelli resigned from the organization in 1999 to work at the

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. On January 1, 2000, Novelli was replaced by Matthew Myers, who has been the organization's president ever since. Organizations that helped to found the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids included the

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, the

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, and the

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, among others.

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