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FDA Summary of Adverse Events on Electronic Cigarettes

Since the late 1980s, over 100 AE reports on tobacco products have been submitted to FDA (electronic cigarettes, n = 47; cigarettes, n = 36; smokeless tobacco, n = 14; other tobacco, n = 5). Notably, approximately half of all tobacco-related AE reports co
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Aug 14, 2012 15:13
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Philip Morris hits at UK over plain packs ($$)

A report commissioned by the maker of Marlboro and Benson & Hedges – seen by the Financial Times – said the DoH’s cornerstone study on plain packaging, failed to provide evidence that it would reduce smoking rates and relied on studies that were “not reli
Financial Times (uk)
added Jun 10, 2012 15:30
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Philip Morris to Begin Next Round of Studies for New Products

--Philip Morris this year will kick off round of studies for new tobacco products --Consumers showing greater willingness to try alternatives to conventional cigarettes
Dow Jones News Service
added Feb 20, 2013 17:18
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[Europe] Cigarette packs to have bigger health warnings

We spoke to Frederic Vincent, an EU health spokesman and asked him weren't the warnings already on packets enough? We want to go further. We’re aiming at 75% of the pack by 2015-2016.
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
added Dec 26, 2012 01:42
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FISHER: Fewer Smokers Means Higher Taxpayer Costs

A study detailed in the most recent New England Journal of Medicine confirms . . . What the CBO study shows is the litigation that showered such huge benefits on a few was based on the false premise that cigarettes cost taxpayers money. Unfortunately, t
Forbes
added Nov 29, 2012 16:35
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Should you need a licence to smoke?

It might sound extreme, even social engineering, but this is the proposal of a public health expert in Australia, who suggests that it could provide a practical "disincentive" for smokers.
BBC Online
added Nov 14, 2012 07:20
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Reynolds Suit Challenging FDA Panel Members Can Proceed

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. (LOR) (LOR) can proceed with a lawsuit that seeks to block U.S. regulators from using an advisory panel’s report because of its alleged conflicts of interest.
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Aug 1, 2012 16:06
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VIDEO: Nicotine Vaccine Could Be Breath of Fresh Air for Smokers: Scientific American Video

Scientists are developing a nicotine vaccine that, with just one injection, will prevent the pleasure-triggering chemicals in tobacco from ever reaching the brain.
Scientific American
added Jul 18, 2012 03:40
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Potentially violent sleep disorder linked to smoking, pesticides

Smoking and pesticide exposure appear to be strong risk factors for a rare disorder that causes people to physically act out their dreams while asleep, even to the extent of punching and kicking their bedmates, research suggests.
Canadian Press
added Jun 28, 2012 17:37
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Important new evidence that using e-cigarettes reduces successful quitting cigarettes

A new paper adds to the growing evidence that claims that e-cigarettes help people quit smoking are false. ... both e-cigarette user groups were significantly less likely to have quit smoking 7 months after first calling the quitline compared with partic
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
added May 21, 2013 15:39
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