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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
Techonomy
added May 2, 2013 06:51
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Alaska man with ruined lungs now face of CDC's anti-smoking effort

Michael Patterson, a formerly homeless person who started smoking at age 9, has stories of carved-away lungs, battles to breathe, and doctors who tell him he's a walking dead man living on borrowed time. He'll be taking those stories on the road to schoo
Alaska Dispatch
added Apr 15, 2013 08:24
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[Washington] Smoker who made death-bed plea against tobacco dies at age 53

Gallagher, who suffered from bronchitis and emphysema caused by his years as a 3-pack-a-day smoker, told friends and family that his dying wish was to convince other smokers to quit. On March 20, Gallagher asked a Daily News reporter and photographer to
Longview (WA) Daily News
added Apr 29, 2013 01:58
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Secondhand Smoke Effects Are Lasting

MedPage Today
added May 23, 2012 16:31
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[Asia] Don’t ignore smoker’s cough, UAE experts say

Dubai: Smokers who dismiss a slight but persistent cough, commonly referred to as smoker’s cough, should be cautioned about the indication of a serious respiratory syndrome, said experts on Sunday.
Gulf News (ae)
added Apr 8, 2013 11:16
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50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States

The risk of death from cigarette smoking continues to increase among women and the increased risks are now nearly identical for men and women, as compared with persons who have never smoked. Among men, the risks associated with smoking have plateaued at t
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
added Jan 24, 2013 11:48
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Fire safe cigarettes create even more lung damage

NaturalNews Network
added May 16, 2012 16:26
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[Canada] Day 107: The body count begins

or the first time the testimony is focused not on the action of the companies, but on the impact of their products on Quebec consumers.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Feb 5, 2013 16:52
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[North Dakota] A deadly, preventable disease caused by smoking

Again, the greatest risk of developing COPD is long-term cigarette smoking. Pipe smokers, cigar smokers and individuals exposed to a large amount of second-hand smoke also are at risk. So please don’t start or try smoking, and stop if you currently smoke
Bismarck (ND) Tribune
added Nov 11, 2012 22:12
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[Greece, UK] Electronic cigarettes 'could damage your lungs' as they cause less oxygen to be absorbed by the blood

The devices were found to cause an immediate rise in airway resistance in the lungs - meaning less oxygen is absorbed by the blood. On average the effect lasted for ten minutes, a report presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Sep 4, 2012 12:25
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