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KABAT: Do Smoking Bans Really Save Lives? If So, Whose?
There may be some effect of smoking bans, although the largest and most careful studies suggest that any effect is quite small. Furthermore, as a recent Institute of Medicine report makes clear, it will be difficult to gauge the magnitude of any effect a
Jun 12, 2012
Forbes
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Jun 13, 2012 10:52
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Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires
The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, traces the roots of the Tea Party's anti-tax movement back to the early 1980s when tobacco companies began to invest in third party groups to fight excise taxes on ci
Feb 11, 2013
DeSmogBlog.com (ca)
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Feb 11, 2013 11:19
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Study: Uruguay’s Strong Policies Produced Unprecedented Smoking Declines
Uruguay has some of the world’s strongest laws to fight tobacco use, and a new study published in The Lancet medical journal shows the nation’s efforts have dramatically reduced smoking.
Sep 18, 2012
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Sep 18, 2012 17:53
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[Palestine] Yassar Arafat and the Radioactive Cigarette
Last week, the body of the late Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat was exhumed and tissue samples taken to be tested for signs of poisoning by the radioactive element polonium-210. As I wrote then, rumors have circulated since Arafat died in 2004 that thi
Dec 6, 2012
Wired
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Dec 6, 2012 14:29
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[South Africa] Study shows WHO anti-smoking measures threaten African livelihoods
Oct 30, 2012
Business Day (za)
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Oct 30, 2012 16:43
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[New York] Who Made That Cigarette Filter?
Robert N. Proctor, a professor of the history of science at Stanford . . . Here he talks about the promises made for filters. Were filters used to obscure the dangers of cigarettes? Oh, yes. Filters are the deadliest fraud in the history of human civili
Jul 6, 2012
New York Times
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Jul 6, 2012 11:56
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Claims that smoking kills more people annually than other dangerous activities combined
Will's claim -- that smoking kills more people annually than in World War II or from other dangerous diseases and habits -- holds up with the CDC and the Census Bureau. As a result, we give Will a True.
Jun 18, 2009
PolitiFact (St. Petersburg (FL) Times
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Aug 17, 2012 03:34
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Holy Smokes! Some People Spend 25% of Their Income on What?!
Don't let your dreams of a comfortable retirement go up in smoke -- or in lottery tickets, or lavish vacations. Gallery: What a Smoker's Budget Could Purchase
Sep 22, 2012
Daily Finance (AOL)
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Sep 23, 2012 19:26
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Radioactive particles in cigarette smoke cause lung cancer
a new study most recently published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research reveals that a major cause of the deadly disease is a type of radioactive particles. Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, Ph.D. of David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angel
Sep 8, 2012
foodconsumer.org
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Sep 8, 2012 22:46
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Matthew L. Myers: Let's Finish the Fight Against Tobacco
We know how to win the fight against this killer, but it will require political leadership and resources that match the scope of the problem.
Aug 17, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Aug 21, 2012 01:56