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Shun tobacco ads: Students urge Sachin

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB 20 More than 1,56,000 school children in Kerala have signed a massivememorandum urging the Board of Control for Cr...

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB 20

More than 1,56,000 school children in Kerala have signed a massivememorandum urging the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officialsand India captain Sachin Tendulkar to dissociate themselves from promotingtobacco industry.

A function, to be held at the SMV School here on Monday, would mark thehanding over of the protest letter to the courier for dispatch. The functionwould be preceded by a procession bearing the coffin of the killer — acigarette. Later, it would be buried and a jack sapling planted on themound.

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