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Big Tobacco Spending More Than a Super PAC to Defeat Cancer Research

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Source: Livestrong.org My job requires me to be online all day keeping an ear to the ground on major issues related to cancer. I knew the Prop 29 fight in California was going to be fought against Big Tobacco, but I didn’t realize the scale of their funding machine. Why are LIVESTRONG, American Cancer Society, [...]

New Report: States Slash Tobacco Prevention Funding by 36%, Spend Less than 2 Cents of Every Tobacco Dollar to Fight Tobacco Use

Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Source: TobaccoFreeKids.org WASHINGTON, DC – States have slashed funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by 12 percent in the past year and by 36 percent over the past four years, threatening the nation’s progress against tobacco, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The states this year (Fiscal [...]

Kentucky Cancer Center Urges Smokers to Switch to Smoke-Free Tobacco. But is it Really a Better Option?

Monday, October 31, 2011

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Source: Yourlife.USAtoday.com In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won’t and the tobacco industry can’t: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco. The James Graham Brown Cancer Center and the University of Louisville are aiming their “Switch and Quit” campaign at the city [...]

New Study Indicates Tobacco Industry Was Aware of Their Own Products Dangers

Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Source: USA Today Tobacco companies knew for decades that cigarette smoke was radioactive and potentially carcinogenic but kept that information from the public, according to a new study. The tobacco industry began investigations into the possible effects of these radioactive particles, identified as polonium-210, on smokers as early as the 1960s, says the study by UCLA [...]

Stephen Strasburg attempts to quit smokeless tobacco

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Source: www.washingtonpost.com Author: Adam Kilgore Like any other high school kid, Stephen Strasburg wanted to emulate the major league baseball players he watched on television. He mimicked their actions down to the last detail. He rolled his pants up to reveal high socks, wore wristbands at the plate and, during downtime, opened tins of chewing [...]

New Report: States Continue Drastic Cuts to Tobacco Prevention Programs

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation This year (Fiscal Year 2011) states will collect $23.5 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement funds and tobacco taxes. Alarmingly, though, the states will only spend two percent of that amount—$517.9 million—on programs to prevent smoking and help smokers quit. That’s the lowest amount of tobacco prevention program [...]

New, more graphic cigarette warnings unveiled

Friday, November 12, 2010

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As taxes, restrictions cut smoking rates, industry pushes smokeless tobacco

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Source: Fairwarning.org By: Patrick Corcoran Higher cigarette taxes and indoor smoking bans have significantly reduced smoking rates in the U.S., but tobacco companies are responding to flagging sales by aggressively marketing smokeless tobacco. A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows wide variations in the percentage of adults who smoke in [...]

Anti-smoking bill a victory for kids

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Source: www.blackvoicenews.com Author: Dr. Ernest Levister, Jr The health risks of tobacco are well known, yet the rates of smoking and using chewing tobacco continue to grow. Many young people pick up these habits every year — in fact, 90% of all adult smokers started when they were kids. Each day, more than 4,400 kids [...]

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