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[Louisiana, Nevada] Judge dismisses second-hand smoke lawsuit against Caesars Entertainment

U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance in Louisiana last week dismissed a suit claiming Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas was responsible for the cancer death of a dealer at its Harrah’s hotel-casino in New Orleans.
Vegas Inc
added Jul 17, 2012 07:40
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[Nevada] SMITH: Roll-your-own cigarette operators' plans go up in smoke

If anyone is going to sell cancer-causing products to the masses, mister, it's going to be left to the experts associated with America's multibillion-dollar cigarette cartels. That irony was largely lost in the news reports.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
added Jul 17, 2012 05:29
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[Nevada] Air Force aims to curtail electronic cigarette use

Recently, these companies introduced a new product into the market that has the potential to be even more devastating to a cigarette user’s health than their previous products — electronic cigarettes. “Nicotine is as addictive as cocaine or heroin,” sai
The Bullseye (Aerotech News and Review)
added Mar 15, 2013 06:50
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[Nevada] America World Tobacco Expo 2013 Scheduled in Reno in 2013

The annual America World Tobacco Expo is scheduled for March 28-31, 2013, in Reno, Nevada. The development and networking trade show offers tobacco manufacturers an opportunity to meet with a wide range of global distributors, buyers and looking to expan
PR Worldwide, Inc.
added Dec 8, 2012 07:29
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[Nevada] LETTER: Correcting misinformation about second-hand smoke

I believe it is my responsibility to ensure that misinformation he stated . . . As it turns out, smoking and secondhand smoke exposure may be just as bad for your brain as it is for your heart, lungs and the rest of your body.
Mesquite (NV) Local News
added Oct 11, 2012 15:40
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[Nevada] Electronic Cigarette Industry Update to Include Presentation from Former Ruyan Employee

The Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), an electronic cigarette industry trade organization, has announced that industry insider William Bartowski will present at the industry update planned for April 23 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Bar
SBWire
added Apr 12, 2013 04:50
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[Nevada] LETTER: Markgraf’s pro-smoking argument flawed

More than 1/3 of Mesquite’s workers are exposed daily to smoking related cancer-causing chemicals. This should not be a condition of employment. Both businesses and smokers have learned to avoid their responsibilities to others by shifting health-care co
Mesquite (NV) Local News
added Sep 27, 2012 16:20
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[Nevada] LETTER: Using kids in ads shameful

Two weeks in a row the anti-smokers have shamefully stooped to using underage youth to garner support for their cause. It's pathetic and reminiscent of another group of people that tried to take freedoms from Americans in the 1940s (German youth posters
Mesquite (NV) Local News
added Oct 11, 2012 15:31
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[Nevada] LETTER: Smoking claims cloud argument

Mike McGreer, featured in a Sept. 20 anti-smoking, full-page ad (Page 3-B), claimed in a Sept. 27 letter to the editor (Page 5-A) my argument against the Smoke-Free Mesquite drive is "insulting and misleading." He doesn't use published facts, but more he
Mesquite (NV) Local News
added Oct 6, 2012 15:07
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[Missouri, Nevada] Advocates Demand Smokefree Casinos for Workers

Public health advocates from across the U.S. are gathering in Kansas City this week draw attention to the recent death of Sheryl Wilkins, a longtime casino worker who died of throat cancer earlier this month. For three decades working as a dealer in the s
PR Newswire
added Aug 16, 2012 02:31
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