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Len Berman | Posted 12.19.2011

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Len Berman

The new owners of the Philadelphia 76ers took center stage yesterday. They immediately announced they're slashing ticket prices. Cool stuff. Now all they need is a season.

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Religious Leaders Join Call For Baseball Tobacco Ban

Posted 08.02.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Religious leaders are hoping to hit a home run in a campaign to get Major League Baseball players t...

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Chew on This: The Real Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 06.18.2011

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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Whether tucked in a burly athlete's cheek or daintily positioned in a gentleman's lip, smokeless tobacco has long been a public bane.

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Safer Tobacco? Company Claims It's Made A Less Harmful Product

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Tobacco maker Star Scientific Inc. says it has developed a moist smokeless tobacco with lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals...

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The Media, Mark McGwire, and Chew

David Roher | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Roher

The media performs a great disservice when it treats steroids as miracle drugs.When we link PEDs to McGwire, we link steroids to success that had very little to do with drugs. It's like featuring the Beatles as the center of an anti-pot campaign.

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Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps...

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