“We heard of pressure being put on people, of deals and threats. I heard (Rep. Ernest) Wooton say he hoped that wasn’t done. But if it was, shame on the people who did it! If that was the case, if there was a road, or a bridge, or a ball park used in this, make sure every time you ride on it, cross it, or watch children play, that you think about the people who are suffering from the diseases caused by smoking.”
—State Rep. H. Bernard Lebas (D-Ville Platte), a pharmacist, on reports of pressure applied by the governor’s office on legislators prior to a House vote to override Gov. Bobby Jindal’s veto of the renewal of a 4-cent cigarette tax.
Louisiana Voice 
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