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LETTER: LANE: E-Cigarettes and Children
“E-Cigarettes at a Crossroads” (Business Day, June 13) shines light on Big Tobacco’s next cash cow. ... Flavorings like chocolate, cherry and peach are clearly not aimed at the typical middle-aged consumer seeking to quit an addiction involving tobacco,
Jun 18, 2013
New York Times
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Jun 18, 2013 13:52
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Massachusetts ruling could invite more tobacco suits
Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that cigarettes' addictive qualities do not give cigarette makers "special protection" from product liability claims, a move that could make the state a hotbed for tobacco plaintiffs. The Massachusetts Supreme Court
Jun 18, 2013
Thomson Reuters
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Jun 18, 2013 12:23
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VOLSKY: Big Tobacco Goes High-Tech To Convince You That Smoking Is Cool Again
As a growing number of Americans are turning away from smoking, the nation's largest tobacco companies are ramping up production of high-tech cigarettes that could lead an entirely new generation of Americans to become addicted smokers -- and the governm
Jun 13, 2013
Think Progress (blog)
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Jun 14, 2013 01:49
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[Massachusetts] Experts: SJC’s tobacco ruling could pave way for suits
A first-in-the-nation Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court finding that tobacco companies cannot claim special protection under the law simply because their products are addictive could open the door to a slew of product liability suits, experts said. T
Jun 13, 2013
Boston (MA) Herald
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Jun 13, 2013 09:37
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[Europe, UK, USA] E-Cigarettes Are in Vogue and at a Crossroads
But he admits, “For a young person who doesn’t smoke, it can be tempting; there are all the flavors, and it looks cool.” He keeps his e-cigs out of reach of his children. “Think about it,” he said. “If even the company that makes Marlboro is jumping into
Jun 13, 2013
New York Times
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Jun 13, 2013 02:38
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Clean Start to Preventing Addiction: Promoting Life Skills and Resilience
Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) is an evidence-based substance abuse and violence prevention program used in schools and communities throughout the US and in 33 countries around the world. LST has been extensively tested and pr oven to reduce tobacco, a
Jun 11, 2013
PR Newswire
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Jun 11, 2013 23:40
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[Massachusetts] Court Upholds $35 Million In Compensatory Damages To Smokers' Family In Wrongful Death Case Against Lorillard But Sends Much Of Case Back For Further Action
the Court found that Newport cigarettes are "defective" products. Cigarette companies have long argued that cigarettes aren't "defective" under the law because cigarettes are inherently dangerous. But this Court determined that the real question is whethe
Jun 11, 2013
PR Newswire
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Jun 11, 2013 23:36
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that all cigarettes sold in Massachusetts are defective
What this means is that, as a matter of law in Massachusetts, any cigarette sold that addicts or maintains the nicotine addiction of consumers is defective. That would include just about every cigarette sold in Massachusetts.
Jun 11, 2013
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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Jun 11, 2013 13:58
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ARCHIVE: BLANKENHORN: The e-cigarette scam
Google has 12.9 million links to e-cigarettes, and the first of those links that’s negative, an FDA list of concerns, was the 51st I found in a search just now. (There’s a video from that link above.) To all intents and purposes the market for these thing
Aug 5, 2010
Smart Planet (CBS Interactive)
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Jun 10, 2013 10:33
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[Sweden, UK] Many doctors deem nicotine as riskiest component of cigarette
The survey, commissioned by British American Tobacco, involved administering an online survey ... The survey findings show that a substantial proportion of GPs (40%) believe nicotine to be the first or second riskiest component of cigarettes, incorrectl
Jun 1, 2013
DNA India (in)
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Jun 1, 2013 12:21