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E-Cigarette company faces legal fights on multiple fronts

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Source: www.legalnewsline.com Author: Chris Rizo Officials in California are making a strong push against one of the largest electronic cigarette retailers in the United States. It seems that the manufacturer — Smoking Everywhere LLC — is facing attack on at least two fronts in the Golden State: from the attorney general and a leading state lawmaker. State Attorney [...]

Hookah myths go up in smoke

Monday, November 9, 2009

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Source: Author: Kate Dopazo Students, university health officials discuss misconceptions about smoking hookah When Rajiv Ulpe, a public and community health master’s student, asked students to compare hookah to cigarettes Friday afternoon at a lecture on the campus, most attendees agreed hookah was a much healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes. “I don’t think you can get addicted to hookah,” [...]

At our throats

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Source: www.forbes.com Author: Matthew Herper Oncologist Maura Gillison was looking for patients with tonsil cancer for a clinical study several years ago. The first enlisted was a malpractice lawyer, followed by a doctor, then a scientist. She joked to a colleague that all she needed was a rear admiral. In walked a member of the military brass. [...]

Flavored cigarette ban takes effect 9/22

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Source: MSN.com Author: Karen Pallarito New federal law may help deter young smokers, health advocates say TUESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Young people who enjoy a hint of vanilla, berry or chocolate when they light up are about to have their favorite smokes snuffed out. A new federal law banning fruit- and candy-flavored cigarettes takes effect Sept. [...]

A dying smoker, with a British accent

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Source: nytimes.com Author: Jennifer B. Lee The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene — never an agency to shy away from using vivid, even grisly, images to combat what it sees as public health scourges, namely soda and cigarettes — is unveiling a new television advertisement to discourage New Yorkers from smoking. This one focuses on the [...]

Packing a heavier warning

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Source: www.washingtonpost.com Author: Ranit Mishori Coming soon to the lives of American smokers: cigarette labels that go far beyond a simple warning. Imagine gruesome color photographs showing a mouth riddled with cancer, lungs blackened, a foot rotten with gangrene. If the images sound sickening, well, that’s the point. Under a law signed by President Obama on June 22 — [...]

NYC may require tobacco retailers to post warning signs

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Source: NEWSDAY.COM Author: MICHAEL FRAZIER The New York Health Department is proposing city tobacco retailers post signs with graphic images such as cancer-ravaged throats and black lungs in an effort to discourage smoking, health officials said Wednesday.The signs – the first of their kind in the country – would include health risk warnings and information on how to [...]

Philip Morris expects FDA regulation will be a perk

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Source: Richmond Times Author: David Ress Jun 23, 2009 (Richmond Times-Dispatch – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – One of the real tests of how federal regulation will affect tobacco use could be something you’ll spot at a convenience store counter. A new law signed by President Barack Obama yesterday will, among many changes, move all tobacco products — snuff [...]

Preoperative smoking cessation improves head and neck surgery outcomes

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Source: Cancerpage.com Author: Staff NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even a short period of 4 to 8 weeks of smoking cessation prior to surgery to treat upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma improves wound healing, according to a review of the literature. If the patient stays tobacco-free, the risk of cancer recurrence is substantially reduced. However, full cessation is required [...]

Senate votes for F.D.A. rules on tobacco

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Source: nytimes.com Author: Duff Wilson The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to impose federal regulation on cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, passing a landmark bill to empower the Food and Drug Administration to control products that eventually kill half their regular users. The Senate legislation has only minor differences from a version the House passed in April. [...]

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