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Apartment dwellers exposed to tobacco
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BOSTON, June 19 (UPI) — Non-smokers who live in U.S. public housing are exposed to toxins from tobacco smoke and smoking should be banned in such housing, two U.S. researchers say.
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Big Tobacco’s nightmare
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He is one of the most famous whistleblowers in the world, but his face is relatively unknown.
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American Heart Association CEO on first anniversary of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
The one-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act brings new consumer protections that will make it increasingly difficult for the tobacco industry to recruit the next Marlboro man, woman or child. With many important provisions already in effect, we can celebrate the lives we have saved with rules restricting Big Tobacco’s deceptive marketing practices …
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Massachusetts Proposes Anti-Tobacco Propaganda Where Tobacco is Sold
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is preparing to post propaganda pictures in some 9,000 locations where tobacco is sold using a federal stimulus grant of $316,000 to at least partially pay to print them. That hardly contributes to job creation and economic recovery in the state, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association.
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New Tobacco Tax
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Albany, N.Y. – Empire State smokers could be paying a little bit more for their tobacco products.
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New York’s Paterson Wants Higher Tobacco Taxes to Narrow Gap
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New York Governor David Paterson wants to raise tobacco taxes and collect levies on cigarettes sold to outsiders from American Indian reservations.
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Group twits tobacco firm for suing DOH over graphic cigarette warnings
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A health group has defended the Department of Health against a tobacco firm questioning an order to put graphic warnings on cigarette packs.
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Planned New York Tobacco Tax Increase is Great News for Health, But State Must Maintain Funding for Tobacco Prevention …
WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Statement of Kevin O’Flaherty, Northeast Regional Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
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Arrest in tobacco smuggling probe
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A man is arrested in Rochester as part of an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs into tobacco smuggling and money-laundering.
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Smokeless tobacco may hurt DNA, enzymes
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CHANDIGARH, India, June 18 (UPI) — A researcher in India warns smokeless tobacco use may damage the body’s DNA and key enzymes.
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