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[Canada] WOOLLEY: What The Lives Of Smokers Can Tell Us About Economic Tradeoffs

John Broome’s book Weighing Livestakes on some hard questions about longevity. Increasing one person’s life has costs, either because it takes up resources that could have been used to improve another person’s life, or because it decreases that person’s l
Business Insider
added May 24, 2013 12:22
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FOLEY: Study shows tea party sprouted on 'Tobacco Road'

Given the murky nature of the tea party’s provenance and finances, IRS interest in its tax exempt claims may well be justified. “Nonprofit organizations associated with the Tea Party have longstanding ties to tobacco companies, and continue to advocate
Marietta (GA) Daily Journal
added May 24, 2013 05:25
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[Missouri] PION: St. Charles city and county need smoke-free air

Recently scheduled public hearings regarding a possible St. Charles city Smoke-Free Air Act appear motivated not to further public health but to counter efforts by St. Charles County Councilman Joe Cronin, who has twice tried to get a countywide smoke-fre
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added May 24, 2013 05:05
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Adam Goldstein: Very little research, clarity on e-cigarettes

Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
added May 24, 2013 18:34
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[Asia] HU: China's smokers: CNTC's captive market

BAT and PMI are reliant on the CNTC to sell their brands in China (555 for BAT and Marlboro for PMI); CNTC needs Big Tobacco to distribute Chinese brands to the world. However, since Chinese brands are virtually unknown outside the country and appeal mai
Financial Times blogs
added May 23, 2013 21:50
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[Minnesota] GETTY: St. Paul Saints' mandatory smoking section

Midway Stadium’s ‘Smoking Gulag,’ plus hefty new state taxes, puts smokers like me in our place.
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune
added May 23, 2013 03:38
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Dear Abby: Money spent to keep kids from smoking is no bribe

Dear Abby: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother’s creative solution to smoking with bribery ... Oh me, oh my, did I get clobbered for my response to that letter. Out of the hundreds of letters and emails received, only one person agre
Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal
added May 23, 2013 02:41
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MARTENS: IRS Sleuths Were on the Right Track: Big Tobacco Created Tea Party in 1994

Big Tobacco not only created the Tea Party, it has promoted it over decades, pumped millions into marketing it, and pulled it out of its magic hat every time it needed to produce an overnight, spontaneous “grassroots” movement.
DeSmogBlog.com (ca)
added May 23, 2013 03:50
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Why quit smoking at an older age?

A. In my patients who are smokers, one of the biggest obstacles to quitting is their belief that they've already damaged their body and quitting won't reverse that damage. I tell them that many careful studies have shown that their thinking is wrong. In
Chicago Tribune
added May 23, 2013 03:49
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[Florida] BECK: In Smoking Cases, Interminable Delay Is the Real Due Process Violation

On Monday, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. filed a reply brief in an appeal it brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In Walker v. RJR ... Given that the Engle ruling is now seven years old, this due process issue should have been s
AmericanLawyer.com
added May 23, 2013 03:31
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