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[Illinois] House panel hears pros, cons of smokeless tobacco

"While it is true there is no such thing as a safe tobacco product, a significantly growing body of science shows that health risks associated with smokeless tobacco products are significantly lower than those risks associated with cigarettes," Reynolds
(IL) State Journal-Register
added Apr 12, 2013 04:31
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FINN: Vice's New Devices | Marvels

Hello e-cigarettes and inhalable chocolate, goodbye risk ... The still unholy grail, of course, is smoking. Can we possibly defang one of our most irresistible, and deadly, habits? Turns out, yes.
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
added Apr 11, 2013 13:06
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[New Hampshire] Rep. Rykerson sponsors bill to discourage tobacco use by youth

The bill would require all tobacco products be taxed at rates equivalent to the current tax on cigarettes. Maine youth are exposed to tobacco products every day in the form of advertising, promotions and pro-tobacco depictions in films and television. T
Foster's Democrat
added Apr 7, 2013 09:48
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LETTERS: Virtual smoking

you gave short shrift to the potential adverse effects of the nicotine vapour, organic compounds (propanediol, propanetriol, diacetin) and both fine and ultrafine particulates in the e-cigarette formulation that would doubtless be delivered to the deep lu
The Economist
added Apr 7, 2013 09:46
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Jeff Stier: Sin Taxes Should at Least Reflect Risk

But the states aren't waiting for FDA to make the first moves. ... Some states are beginning to recognize that so long as they are going to tax tobacco and nicotine products such as E-cigarettes, they can at least have a tax structure that more accuratel
Huffington Post (blog)
added Apr 7, 2013 09:34
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[North Dakota] Study on use of tobacco rejected

A resolution calling for a study of the theory that it could be useful to use non-traditional forms of tobacco to get people off cigarettes was killed Thursday after taking a long and circuitous route through the Legislature. The so-called harms reductio
Bismarck (ND) Tribune
added Apr 5, 2013 14:23
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Tobacco constituent extraction from snus during consumer use

Scientists at British American Tobacco have used a multi-analyte approach to determine the level of exposure to tobacco constituents of snus users. The results show that, generally, less than a third of each constituent measured was extracted by consumers
EurekAlert
added Apr 2, 2013 12:38
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[Africa, Asia-pacific, UK] Smoking poses TB risk to young

The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates. “We’ve known for a long time that smoki
Financial Times (uk)
added Mar 30, 2013 10:44
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FDA considers an independent body to monitor tobacco research

is considering a recommendation that an independent body should monitor some research put to the agency by tobacco companies, underscoring the growing concern about conflicts of interest in scientific research. The recommendation was submitted by the Ins
Thomson Reuters
added Mar 28, 2013 12:57
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Smoking poses TB risk to young

The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates.
Financial Times (uk)
added Mar 28, 2013 12:02
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