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PHOTO: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Commemorates Tobacco Workers on April 20

African American women were the primary leaf workers in the Winston-Salem tobacco industry, and formed the United Tobacco Workers Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Works of America-Congress on Industrial Organizations (FTACIO). ... La
Beach Carolina Magazine
added Apr 17, 2013 13:30
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[Saudi Arabia] Killer attributes fatal shooting to smoking

Manama: A Saudi national arrested in a mosque-storming operation for twin murders has reportedly said that he killed the first man for smoking and the second for being unfit to lead prayers.
Gulf News (ae)
added Dec 12, 2012 12:59
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[California] AUDIO: LA County smoking rates fall to lowest levels in at least 15 years

The number of Los Angeles County residents who smoke is down its lowest levels in at least 15 years, according to a newly released survey by the L.A. County Department of Public Health . . . The report found as of 2011 fewer than a million adults smoke
89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
added Nov 15, 2012 21:00
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[Maryland] Four Men Arrested for Smuggling Cigarettes Into Md.

Afro American Newspapers
added Jul 13, 2012 20:28
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[Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina] Tobacco Use More Prevalent among African-American Adolescents Living in Public Housing Communities, MU Researcher Says

Researcher says early interventions needed to curb youths’ tobacco use
University of Missouri News Bureau
added Jul 10, 2012 14:47
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About 20% of White Women Smoke While Pregnant

Hispanic Moms Least Likely to Smoke, Drink, or Use Drugs, Report Finds
WebMD
added May 10, 2012 03:09
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Majority of Kentucky adults favor statewide smoking ban, poll says

The Kentucky Health Issues Poll, released Monday by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, says support for a smoke-free law among Kentucky adults stands at 59 percent, an increase from previous years. Support gets stronger as age and income go up and is
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
added Jan 7, 2013 13:56
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[Massachusetts] Tobacco company seeks wrongful-death retrial

A tobacco company that claims it didn't get a fair trial will ask the state's highest court this morning to reverse a $116 million wrongful-death judgment awarded two years ago on behalf of a Dorchester lawyer who lost his mother to her nicotine addictio
Boston (MA) Herald
added Dec 4, 2012 13:45
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[Georgia] Burning a hole in how cigarette ads used blacks

Hank Willis Thomas' primary focus in the Trois Gallery exhibition "Believe It" is the kind of 1970s-era cigarette ads featuring stylish black women and hyper-confident black men that appeared in magazines such as Ebony.
Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution
added Dec 1, 2012 11:43
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[Taiwan] Genetic features associated with lung cancer in non-smoking Asian women

Hsiung Chao, head of the Institute of Population Health Sciences of Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), explained that the research conducted by scientists from Taiwan, the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands ide
Focus Taiwan
added Nov 27, 2012 12:38
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