Jump to full article: Baxter (AR) Bulletin, 2008-08-26
Intro: While communities around the country prepare for more tobacco-free measures, new research has shown that the tobacco industry has not only manipulated menthol to enhance addiction but also hidden what it knew about tobacco smoke containing radioactive polonium-210.
Mayo Clinic and Stanford University research has revealed recently that tobacco companies knew tobacco smoke actually exposed smokers and those around them to 300 times the radiation from an annual chest X-ray.
Published in the American Journal of Public Health, the study shows that tobacco companies suppressed their own internal research finding significant levels of Polonium-210 in tobacco. . . .
Federal legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives recently to allow the FDA limited authority over tobacco. . . .
Area Representative John Boozman voted for the bill. Senators Lincoln and Pryor have yet to vote on the Senate's version.
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