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FDA tobacco chief says health community grappling with idea that some products are less risky
Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco control efforts told an industry
May 16, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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May 16, 2013 14:23
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[West Virginia] VIDEO: Big Tobacco and Smokers Battle in Controversial Case
Marjory Moses, Director of Community Wellness at Davis Memorial Hospital, said, "To say that a cigarette could have been safer, that less nicotine makes it safer, or that a filter could make it safer, is just saying it could be different. It can't ultimat
May 15, 2013
WDTV CBS Channel 5 (Bridgeport, WV)
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May 15, 2013 19:53
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[West Virginia] Attorneys give closing arguments in lawsuit pitting smokers against big tobacco companies
Attorneys gave their final summaries and appeals to jurors Monday in a trial that seeks to determine the responsibility of the major tobacco companies in hundreds of cigarette-linked illnesses and deaths in West Virginia.
May 14, 2013
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
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May 15, 2013 08:57
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[Virginia] Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama
Two decades later, revelations of Williams' lavish gifts and his company's generous political donations are at the center of a growing scandal dogging the state's two top Republicans - Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
May 13, 2013
Kansas City (MO) Star
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May 13, 2013 16:05
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[Europe, UK] LYONS: The new EU directive: quit smoking or die
In December 2012, the EU's executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of 'significant scientific, market and international developments' that have
May 9, 2013
spiked (uk)
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May 9, 2013 17:22
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CHAPMAN/WAKEFIELD: Large-scale unassisted smoking cessation over 50 years: lessons from history for endgame planning in tobacco control
nations which have banned or seriously restricted access to alternative nicotine delivery systems (eg, the European Union, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, Oman, Singapore, Thailand) would be wise to take great care before considering unravelling their sm
May 8, 2013
Tobacco Control
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May 8, 2013 23:47
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[Europe] Totally Wicked Welcomes the JURI committee's Opinion of the EU Tobacco Products Directive
The draft Directive at present proposes to subject electronic cigarettes to the medicines licensing regime, essentially amounting to a ban on the product as currently sold.
May 8, 2013
PR Newswire
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May 8, 2013 14:03
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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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[New York] Smoke Without Fire
A little company called NJOY thinks it has finally designed an electronic cigarette that doesn’t look ridiculous. But would James Dean have smoked one?
Apr 28, 2013
New York Magazine
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Apr 28, 2013 23:32
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TC Tso, USDA tobacco scientist
T.C. Tso, 95, a senior research scientist and tobacco expert with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, died April 9 of heart disease at his home in Silver Spring. ... After retiring from the Department of Agriculture in 1984, Dr. Tso worked as an indepen
Apr 25, 2013
The Washington Post
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Apr 26, 2013 06:09