Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday!

'''Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday ! You've Killed More People Than Alcohol, Automobiles, Gangs and Adolf Hitler Combined!.'''

This "birthday card" was sent to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company by a group of school students. The front of the card has the words "Happy Birthday!! scrawled around a picture of a birthday cake with ten cigarette "candles." The inside of the card says,


 * "Happy Birthday!!! You've killed more people than alcohol, automobiles, gangs, and Adolph Hitler combined!!!"

The card is signed by approximately 35-40 young people, who also included messages like, "You killed my Grandpa," "Smoking stinks," "I hate drugs" and "I have asthma! Stop the smoke! Please!"

Date 19960000 Bates 524088115/8116 Pages 2 URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/qvj70d00