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Frank Lautenberg's Legacy Includes Saving Airline Passengers From Secondhand Smoke
The New Jersey Democrat, who helped pass the '87 bill, had once been a two-pack-a-day smoker himself. But over the course of his career he had come to care deeply about advancing public health through the legislative process.
Jun 3, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Remembering Frank Lautenberg's Progressive Legacy
helped write the law banning smoking on airplanes, which helped start the movement towards smoke-free public spaces. … Wrote the law banning smoking in all federally funded places that serve children. ... author of legislation to ban smoking in federal b
Jun 3, 2013
Think Progress (blog)
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Jun 3, 2013 11:27
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[Canada] Ralph Klein, Ex-Alberta Premier, Dies at 70
dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... At the Olympics, Mr. Klein mistook the King of Norway for his driver ... The startled king explained who he was as he pulled out his silver cigarette case. Mr. Klein apologized and bummed a cigarette.
Apr 2, 2013
New York Times
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Apr 2, 2013 09:15
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C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General Who Took on Tobacco, Dies at 96
His landmark surgeon general’s report in 1986 contained the first official government warning on the link between second- hand smoke and lung cancer. He called for a smoke-free society by 2000 and new measures to restrict smoking in the workplace and pub
Feb 25, 2013
Bloomberg News
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Feb 25, 2013 19:31
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Marguerite Piazza, Popular Singer of Opera, Dies at 86
Along the way she appeared in commercials. "I find Camels have a mildness that agrees with my throat," a bejeweled Ms. Piazza said in a cigarette commercial in the 1950s.
Aug 7, 2012
New York Times
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Aug 7, 2012 03:08
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Dr. Warren Winkelstein Jr. Dies at 90
Dr. Warren Winkelstein Jr., a physician and researcher whose groundbreaking studies connected unprotected sex between men to AIDS, smoking to cervical cancer and air pollution to chronic lung disease, died July 22 at his home in Point Richmond, Calif. He
Aug 6, 2012
New York Times
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Aug 6, 2012 07:16
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VIDEO: From the Archives: Frank Lautenberg on Drinking Age, Secondhand Smoke
We uncovered this interview where he cites the perils of secondhand smoke exposure for crews, and children, on airplanes. Lautenberg appeared on The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on Nov. 19, 1987.
Jun 3, 2013
PBS
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Jun 4, 2013 02:22
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[USA] C Everett Koop
has died aged 96 ... His most significant impact, however, was on smoking. ... enraging not only the powerful American tobacco industry but also the lawmakers of Washington, DC (grateful recipients of the industry's generous campaign funds), with his ins
May 6, 2013
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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May 7, 2013 22:47
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‘Deep Throat’ porn star Harry Reems dies at 65 after losing battle with pancreatic cancer
Mar 20, 2013
New York Daily News
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May 2, 2013 16:52
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[California] Canoga Park woman in anti-smoking ads dies
Debi Austin, the woman known for smoking a cigarette through a hole in her throat in a 1997 state-sponsored, anti-smoking commercial, has died after a long battle with cancer, California health officials announced Tuesday.
Feb 27, 2013
San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune
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Feb 27, 2013 11:03