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CDC Reports Tobacco Responsible for Over 2 Million US Cancer Cases
Sep 5, 2008
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that tobacco use is responsible for 2.4 million cases of cancer in the United...
Study: Tobacco Marketing Promotes Cigarette Use in Youth
Aug 25, 2008
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According to a massive study just released by the US National Cancer Institute, mass media has the power to encourage and discourage tobacco use,...
Big Tobacco Manipulated Menthol to Lure Specific Smokers
Jul 17, 2008
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A new study, conducted out of Harvard University’s Harvard School of Public Health, says that Big Tobacco has been manipulating menthol levels...
Big Tobacco Handed Victory by Manhattan Appeals Court
Apr 14, 2008
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Tobacco giants Brown & Williamson Holdings and Philip Morris USA won a huge victory last week when a Manhattan appeals court reversed a...
FDA Tobacco Bill Gains Momentum in Congress
Apr 4, 2008
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Tobacco products might soon face regulation by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). A bill granting the FDA jurisdiction to regulate...
Tobacco Co. Funded Lung Cancer Study Elicits Mea Culpa from New England Journal of Medicine
Apr 4, 2008
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After embarrassing disclosures of financial links between the authors of a lung-cancer study and two large companies—General Electric and...
Cigarette Company's "Blood Money" Paid for Important Lung Cancer Study, Critics Say
Mar 26, 2008
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It has turned out that an important lung cancer study was actually funded by a cigarette company. In late 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill...
Philip Morris, Wyeth Want Supreme Court to Enact Lawsuit Shield
Jan 22, 2008
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Cigarette makers and drug companies could be shielded from many product liability lawsuits if the US Supreme Court decides to uphold two lower court...
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Linked to Higher Rates of Allergies in Children
Dec 27, 2007
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Secondhand smoke exposure is even more dangerous to children than once thought. Although experts have long known that exposure to secondhand...
Secondhand Smoke Damage Seen in Enhanced MRI
Nov 28, 2007
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Secondhand smoke can cause lung damage and emphysema is an oft repeated refrain. But doctors lacked a way to prove this as previous detection...
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