Warning Labels

When Cigarette Warnings Backfire

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.21.2011

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Art Markman, Ph.D.

The idea behind the new cigarette warnings is that if people really knew what cigarettes can do to them, they would not smoke. Unfortunately, there is good reason to believe that these warnings will not have the desired effect.

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PHOTOS: Rejected Cigarette Warning Labels

Posted 08.21.2011

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The FDA just released designs for new cigarette warning labels and they're pretty shocking. However, there were a lot of rejected concepts, some o...

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Wacky Warning Labels Contest Names 5 Frivolous Finalists

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 11.16.2011

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DETROIT — Ballpoint pen-chewers, take note: The cap in your mouth can obstruct breathing if swallowed. Common sense? Apparently for speakers of...

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A Thousand Words of Warning Against Tobacco

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Katz, M.D.

Nearly 4,000 teens and pre-teens around the country try cigarettes for the first time every day. For one in four of them, this will turn into a lifelong addiction.

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This Fruit Might Kill You: Doctors Demand Choking Warning Labels On Food

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011

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CHICAGO — When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' fo...

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What Would Your Warning Label Say?

Margaret Ruth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Margaret Ruth

Recently, I commented on Facebook that my Kleenex box announces that it is "Now Softer and Stronger!" which sounds pretty enlightened to me. My friend...

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Cell Phones -- Read the Fine Print

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Devra Davis, Ph.D.

Last week the technology world stood on notice as a fiercely independent state legislator bucked the Maine political establishment and proposed to place visible warning labels on cell phones.

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Lifting the "Body Burden": How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simran Sethi

From Seventh Generation's discussion on "Children and Chemicals," featuring Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, pediatrician Dr. Alan ...

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