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Should We Require `Fire-Safe' Smokes? |
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Source:Courant.com,2007-04-27
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For almost a century, public debate about fire safety and cigarettes has included discussions about making "fire-safe" cigarettes, which use special banded papers that are self-extinguishing unless a smoker puffs on them. For decades, attempts to pass federal and state laws mandating the sale of fire-safe cigarettes failed, despite claims that unattended cigarettes spark fires that kill an average of 700 to 900 people nationwide each year.
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Categories: · Business |
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Tobacco companies spend less on ads, marketing; price discounts criticized |
Source:Delaware,2007-04-27
Author:Christopher S. Rugaber |
WASHINGTON -- After setting a record high in 2003, tobacco companies spent less money marketing and advertising their products in 2004 and 2005, a federal agency said Thursday.
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Categories: · Teen smoking · Law suits USA: · Tennessee |
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Ban cigarettes from school campuses |
Source:Daily News Journal,2007-04-26
Author:Blake Bivens |
Everyone claims they believe school children shouldn't smoke. Everyone claims adults should set good examples for school children. But not everyone wants to back up their words with action.
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Categories: · Health/Science · Business USA: · North Carolina |
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NCSU to map out tobacco |
Source:Raleigh News & Observer,2002-12-12
Author:CATHERINE CLABBY |
Cigarette maker Philip Morris USA will pay N.C. State University $17.6 million to map the genome of the tobacco plant, placing the campus at the leading edge of new terrain in tobacco research. . .
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Categories: · Health/Science |
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Brain chemicals can thwart desire to smoke cigarettes |
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Source:Health Behavior Information Transfer,2002-09-03
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Giving smokers medication to mimic an increase in their brain's level of a substance called dopamine could help squelch their desire for cigarettes, according to a new study.
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