12/29/2016
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MLB takes a swing at smokeless to***co The new Major League Baseball contract will phase out players’ use of the addictive substance.
ActionToQuit is a tobacco control initiative sponsored by Altarum Institute. One in five adult Americans smoke or uses some form of tobacco.
It urges all sectors – health care systems, employers, insurers, government agencies, quitlines, and policymakers – to work together to develop and promote sound tobacco control policies. This causes or complicates many of the Nation’s most common and costly chronic diseases (cancer, heart and lung disease, stroke, asthma) and results in the deaths of over 400,000 people every year. We are failing
12/29/2016
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MLB takes a swing at smokeless to***co The new Major League Baseball contract will phase out players’ use of the addictive substance.
12/28/2016
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Under Donald Trump, Florida’s premium cigar industry could escape job-killing FDA regulations - SaintPetersBlog On the verge of being snuffed out by Obama administration regulators, Florida’s traditional and culturally distinct premium cigar industry has …
12/27/2016
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How a Cigarette Is Engineered The design and content of ci******es continue to make them attractive, addictive, and deadly. Every day, more than 1,300 people in the United States die because of cigarette use.
12/23/2016
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Study Finds e-ci******es Don’t Make To***co Use Appealing Again | Psych Central News The increased public use of e-ci******es has not re-normalized the use of conventional ci******es, as some have argued, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR) in Scotland. The findings are published in the journal International Archives of Addiction Resear...
12/22/2016
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Happy holidays from Big To***co: 5 of this year’s seasonal ads This year’s holiday greetings from to***co companies come with party tips, free gift tags, DIY decoration ideas and, of course, lots of coupons for to***co.
12/21/2016
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Study finds ho**ah to***co labels to be misleading The amount of ni****ne in ho**ah to***co is often inaccurate and can be misleading to the consumer, researchers have found.
12/20/2016
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Dangers of Ni****ne Are Highlighted in New Report The dangers of ni****ne may be especially problematic for children and teens, causing addiction and other health problems. Consumer Reports examines new findings.
12/19/2016
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Join Kira Kosarin and Take Back the Shelves. Pharmacies -- trusted healthcare sources -- and to***co -- the leading preventable cause of death -- just. don’t. mix. We’re teaming up with truth to take ba...
12/16/2016
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FDA Cracks Down on Flavored Ci******es Sold as Ci**rs The FDA is cracking down on flavored ci******es that are marketed as "ci**rs." Consumer Reports explains the law.
12/15/2016
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Broken Promises to Our Children Big To***co spends $20 to market its deadly products for every $1 the states spend to fight to***co use.
12/14/2016
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American Teens Are On Their Best Behavior In 40 Years, Survey Says A survey says that American teenagers are on their best behavior in 40 years – they’re drinking and smoking less, and are not doing drugs as often as their predecessors. Even ma*****na use has gone down among middle-school children, says the yearly Monitoring the Future survey conducted. Lloyd Johns...
12/13/2016
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Testimonial Warning Labels On To***co Products More Effective At Motivating Attempts To Quit Smoking: TCORS Report Warning labels are there to deter smoking. However, researchers have found that testimonial warning labels are better than text-based ones in motivating smokers to quit.