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[USA] Menthol Cigarettes, Race/Ethnicity and Biomarkers of Tobacco Use in US Adults: The 1999- 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
current menthol cigarette use was associated with increased concentration of blood cadmium, an established carcinogen and highly toxic metal, but not with other biomarkers. Impact: These findings provide information regarding possible differences in expos
Dec 18, 2013
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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Jan 7, 2013 14:31
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[Ireland] Smoke and mirrors
It took several months to finally quit, helped by a stint on oncology wards . . . Dr Muiris Houston retells how medical student Nikhil Joshi stripped away the make-up from the common illusion that smoking is a form of coping mechanism.
Oct 1, 2012
Irish Medical Times (ie)
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Oct 1, 2012 17:04
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[Canada, UK, USA] Smoke and mirrors: The tobacco industry pursuit of the cancer-free cigarette
“We’ve got consumers getting sick because they use our products.” It’s a statement that previous BAT executives wouldn’t have dreamed of making. Incredibly, tobacco companies in North America were still denying the link between smoking, addiction and di
Oct 5, 2012
Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca)
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Oct 8, 2012 14:29
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Third-hand tobacco smoke: Significant vector for PAH exposure or non-issue?
Sep 14, 2012
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
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Oct 8, 2012 14:42
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Do We Get Sick Like Rats? A New Philip Morris Prize Asks the Crowd
In partnership with computational biologists at IBM’s Watson Research Center, Philip Morris’s so-called sbv IMPROVER project creates open challenges to encourage scientists to augment traditional peer reviews of research data. On Monday, Philip Morris la
Apr 30, 2013
Techonomy
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May 2, 2013 06:51
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[Florida] 'Man with no face' lectures kids on tobacco
He became known as the "man without a face" after chewing tobacco led to oral cancer, forcing surgeons to remove a third of his tongue and half his jaw more than 23 years ago. Rick Bender, 50, who started using what he calls "spit tobacco" when he was 1
Oct 26, 2012
Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
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Oct 28, 2012 16:23
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Who Knew What and When?
Pisgah Forest in North Carolina's transylvania County may seem like an odd place for human health fortunes to have pivoted, but there's something to be said for it. Here in the fall of 1953 an experiment was conducted that would change how tobacco compani
Sep 7, 2012
National Public Radio (NPR)
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Sep 13, 2012 15:09
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[Germany] The development of scientific consultants: how the tobacco industry creates controversy on the carcinogenicity of tobacco-specific nitrosamines
Economic interests of the tobacco industry have strongly influenced the research activity of Richter and his group. The publications of his working group about carcinogenic effects of TSNAs published between 1992 and 2009 should therefore not be regarded
Apr 16, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Apr 16, 2013 05:48
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Will we ever… have safe cigarettes?
The use of both snus and e-cigarettes will probably remain highly controversial, even after more data comes in. This reflects a tension in public health circles: given smoking is so addictive and damaging, is it acceptable or even ethical to reduce that h
Nov 16, 2012
BBC Online
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Nov 19, 2012 09:44
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Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes
Our findings are consistent with the idea that substituting tobacco cigarettes with e-cigarettes may substantially reduce exposure to selected tobacco-specific toxicants. E-cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy among smokers unwilling to quit, warrants
Mar 6, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Mar 7, 2013 14:09