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The Most Shocking Anti-Smoking Campaign Yet

Cigarette smoking is waning, though, with Altria reporting a 0.2% decline in shipment volume in 2012. Reynolds American saw a 2.3% drop while Lorillard experienced a 1.4% falloff in shipment volumes. Overall, the industry saw a 2.3% decline. So while th
Motley Fool
added Mar 30, 2013 19:40
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[Canada, USA] GLANTZ: The FDA made the right decision not to appeal the current warning labels

Fortunately, new papers have been published that supplant the need for the FDA to estimate the effects of the warning labels, particularly an excellent study of the effects of the Canadian warning labels that showed a 22.5% drop in the likelihood of bein
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
added Mar 29, 2013 14:13
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U.S. Abandons Effort to Place Graphic Labeling on Cigarettes

HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 25, 2013 20:34
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Government's Decision Not to Appeal Cigarette Warning Ruling Is Disappointing; FDA Should Quickly Develop New Set of Graphic Warnings

As the Sixth Circuit decision concluded, "Faced with evidence that the current warnings ineffectively convey the risks of tobacco use and that most people do not understand the full risks, the Act's new warnings are reasonably related to promoting greate
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Mar 25, 2013 09:15
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Lautenberg Leads Senators in Urging FDA to Act Quickly to Develop Tobacco Warning Labels

U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging quick action to develop new graphic warning labels fo
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
added Mar 25, 2013 03:09
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[New York] GREENE: Why cigarettes are here to stay

If there really were the political will to end cigarette use, there are ways. Each state sets its own laws for the minimum age to purchase cigarettes -- in most states, it's 18. If states decided to raise the age to, say, 80, that would do it. But the c
CNN
added Mar 24, 2013 17:10
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EDITORIAL: Bottom Line: Cigarette warnings

Why not just take all the government warnings off? Wouldn’t that leave tobacco companies without the cloak of protection the U.S. Surgeon General provides? Wouldn’t it force the companies to consider issuing their own warnings – or face the consequences
Augusta (GA) Chronicle
added Mar 24, 2013 15:43
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[District of Columbia] Memo: The Filibuster of Caitlin Halligan and the Future of the Courts

* Last year, a three-member panel of the D.C. Circuit led by Judge Rogers Brown , ruled that requiring graphic, factually accurate warning labels on cigarette packages violates the First Amendment rights of tobacco companies.
People For the American Way
added Mar 23, 2013 08:22
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[District of Columbia] Bush's Court: How the D.C. Circuit Threatens the Future of Progressive Reform

The right-wing majority of the D.C. Circuit has continuously sought to dismantle progressive efforts ... Last year, the D.C. Circuit ruled that FDA regulations requiring cigarette manufacturers to place graphic, factually accurate warnings on their prod
People For the American Way
added Mar 23, 2013 08:20
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[District of Columbia] AMERICA’S PROGRESS AT RISK: RESTORING BALANCE TO THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

A notorious ruling against consumer health and safety came last summer when the D.C. Circuit struck down FDA rules requiring graphic warning images on cigarette packages.
People For the American Way
added Mar 23, 2013 08:15
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