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Electronic Cigarettes: Booming Industry or Health Fiasco?

Is it safe? This is a question that you must answer for yourself–even if you’re not a smoker. Both manufacturers and customers speak about the advantages of the nicotine vapor in comparison to traditional cigarette smoke, but there’s never been a specific
Forbes
added Apr 11, 2013 15:29
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[Africa, Malawi] Tobacco earns US$15m

Tobacco sales at the country's auction floors have earned US$15 million in foreign exchange in four weeks, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has said.
Daily Times (mw)
added Apr 10, 2013 15:05
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: International Tobacco Control Four-Country Survey

Awareness of ENDS is high, especially in countries where they are legal (i.e., the U.S. and UK). Because trial was associated with nondaily smoking and a desire to quit smoking, ENDS may have the potential to serve as a cessation aid.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
added Apr 9, 2013 11:19
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[UK] GRAPHICS: Cigarette advertising: The art of marketing harm

A research group at Stanford University in the US is analysing the effects of tobacco advertising, marketing and promotion. Tobacco brands have targeted women and teenagers, using pseudo-science and cultural icons to sell cigarettes. This 1952 advert atta
BBC Online
added Apr 9, 2013 10:10
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[Asia, Sri Lanka] Tobacco company lures 110000 into smoking

Against a backdrop of delays in making pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs mandatory, almost 110, 000 new smokers have taken up smoking within the last five years, The Nation learns. Senior House Officer at the National Cancer Institute, Mahara
The Nation (lk)
added Apr 7, 2013 00:55
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[Oklahoma] Big tobacco stubs out e-cigarette competitors

Coming soon to a convenience store near you: Vuse, an electronic cigarette that delivers nicotine without the use of tobacco and is benefiting from the combined marketing power of R.J. Reynolds and state government regulators. ... the company’s lobbyi
The Daily Caller (blog)
added Apr 7, 2013 00:18
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[New York] KEENAN: APOV: No time to be fooled by the tobacco companies

The tobacco industry doesn’t wait until April Fool’s Day to fool our kids into believing smoking is the norm, they try to fool them every day right in our own neighborhoods. Our kids see an excess of tobacco products and tobacco marketing in the places t
Batavia (NY) Daily News
added Apr 4, 2013 14:55
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[New York] BEELER: You Want A Cigarette? Go Fuck Yourself

With the rising cost of cigarettes and increasing prohibitive efforts, being a smoker in New York City is already a challenge without the addition of our peers constantly asking for drags. I don’t know if people that don’t smoke are aware that a pack cost
NYULocal (blog)
added Apr 4, 2013 08:13
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[New York, Oklahoma] State granted judgment in tobacco case

An Oklahoma County judge on Friday granted a motion for summary judgment of more than $47 million in a civil case against a company that was accused of participating in the illegal sale of cigarettes, Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced Friday.
Tulsa (OK) World
added Mar 30, 2013 19:04
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Cigarette maker Lorillard CEO Murray Kessler's compensation totaled $8.5 million in 2012

Lorillard Inc. CEO Murray Kessler received a pay package from the nation's third-biggest tobacco company valued at $8.5 million in 2012, about 35 percent less than the previous year, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing. The p
AP - Associated Press
added Mar 19, 2013 13:17
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