“Peter Jennings, who spent his career informing the public before succumbing to lung cancer on Sunday, has now prompted scores of well-wishers to vow to change their lives in his honor by giving up their smoking habits,” ABCNews.com says.
Cousin FishbowlDC says “there’s a lot of anger within the organization about smoking, and it appears that ABC is almost prepared to launch a crusade — feeling that they’ve been robbed of their leader and heart by cigarettes.”
> Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News covered “the Jennings effect…”
> This Boston Globe columnist says Jennings’ death should “force Congress to act to save millions of lives…”
> The American Lung Association has posted a memorial…
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