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Heather Collina

Collins, W. K. "Tobacco." //The New Book of Knowledge.// Grolier Online http://nbk.grolier.com/ncpage?tn=/encyc/article.html&id=a2029350-h&type=0ta (accessed March 15, 2012).


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