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[Massachusetts] WILLIE EVANS vs. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY & others: CALENDAR & DOCKET

FUTURE CALENDAR Monday, December 3rd 2012, 9:00 AM Presiding: Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, JJ. John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom One, Second Floor, Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108
Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court of Massachusetts
added Nov 30, 2012 19:34
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[Massachusetts] Lorillard Appeals Cigarette-Sample Ruling

Arguments to Supreme Judicial Court start Dec. 3
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
added Nov 27, 2012 13:10
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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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Ethnic differences in susceptibility to movie smoking

James Sargent and colleagues, from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, found that smoking in movies positively predicted smoking behavior in White and Hispanic adolescents, but had no significant effect in Black teenagers.
News-Medical.net
added Nov 27, 2012 12:37
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A cross-sectional study on tobacco use and dependence among women: Does menthol matter?

Conclusions: Women menthol smokers showed signs of greater tobacco dependence than non-menthol smokers. African Americans smoked fewer CPD but nevertheless had evidence of greater dependence.
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added Nov 27, 2012 05:09
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[Massachusetts] Lorillard appeals in Mass. cigarette samples case

Lorillard's appeal is set to go before the highest court in Massachusetts next month. . . . During the 2010 trial, Evans' lawyers said Marie Evans first received free samples of Lorillard's Newport cigarettes when she was 9 or 10 years old. She said s
AP - Associated Press
added Nov 25, 2012 12:18
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New genes linked to lung cancer susceptibility in Asian women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may be
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
added Nov 23, 2012 19:06
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[California, Pennsylvania] ZIMMERMAN: Soda tax foes reek of tobacco

Consider Philadelphia's recent good news on smoking, which has plummeted . . . Listen closely to the soda companies, and you'll hear the same arguments that the cigarette industry made: a tax wouldn't reduce consumption; it would infringe on individual
Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer
added Nov 23, 2012 17:43
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[New York] Mother & son busted with illegal cigarettes & $132000 in cash

A Queens mother and her son were arrested with 677 cartons of illegal Asian cigarettes and $132,000 in cash, authorities announced today.
New York Post
added Nov 23, 2012 15:07
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Cigarette Warning Label Policy Alternatives and Smoking-Related Health Disparities (PDF) (FREE FULL TEXT)

Conclusions: Pictorial health warning labels with graphic images have the most-pronounced short-term impacts on adult smokers, including smokers from groups that have in the past been hard to reach.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
added Nov 15, 2012 22:26
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