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Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Stop Smoking, Chewing Tobacco, Grizzly, Nicotine, Grizzly Chewing Tobacco, Smokers, Smoking, Camels, Public Health, Cigarettes, Smoking Rates, Niconovum AB, Camel Cigarettes, Quit Smoking, US Tobacco, Reynolds, Tobacco, Smoking Bans, Sweden, Business News

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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Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List

LA Times | Mark Milian | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Smokers, Smoking, Serbia, Smoking Rules, Laos, Travel, Balkans, No Smoking, Boznia Herzegovina, Lung Cancer, Belarus, Cigarettes, Health, Russia, Smoking Permitted, Samoa, Cancer, Smoking Allowed, Tobacco, Austria, Greece, Nauru, World News

With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting...

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Chile Anti-Smoking Laws Fail To Kick The Habit

Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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Price Waterhouse and Big Tobacco

Tim Dickinson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tobacco, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Ahip, Politics News
Tim Dickinson

There's a big scary new study out today from the health insurance lobby purporting to show that the Senate Finance Committee's reform bill would cause future health insurance premiums to spiral out of control.

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Cloves Banned: FDA Bans Fruit, Candy-Flavored Cigarettes

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cigarettes, Smoking, Smoking Bans, FDA Ban, Health, Fruit-Flavored Cigarettes, Regulation, Candy-Flavored Cigarettes, Tobacco, Health Care, Smoking Laws, Cloves, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. — The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug A...

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First Day Of Fall 2009: See Harvest Photos!

Huffington Post | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Fall Equinox, India, Lake Constance, France, Bulgaria, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Agriculture, Autumn, First Day of Fall, Grapes, Wheat, Fall Starts, Germany, Middle America, September 22 2009, Pumpkins, Sugar-Beets, Tobacco, Fall September 22 2009, September 22 First Day of Fall, Radishes, What's the First Day of Fall, Farming, Afghanistan, Crops, Corn, Apples, Fall 2009, Harvesting, Maine, Rice, Local Food, Green News, Autumn Equinox, Food, Vietnam, Belarus, Slideshow, Green News

With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

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Small Good News: Bringing Big Tobacco To Its Battery-Powered Knees

Karen Stabiner | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Delivery Devices, Smoking, Tobacco, Electronic-Cigarettes, Nicotine, Cigarettes, Living News
Karen Stabiner

In the name of transparency, yes, my late father lit one cigarette off the end of another from the time he was twelve until nine months before he...

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Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights On Africa

TIME | JEFFREY KLUGER | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

Read More: Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Smoking, Africa, Tobacco, World News

It's easy enough to buy a smoke at Isa Yakubu's grocery store on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria. Never mind if you don't have much money. Most local ...

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'Outlaw Mother's Milk' Says Drug Czar

Don Parker | Posted 08.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mother's Milk, Nurses, Marijuana, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Public Health Association, Institute of Medicine, Medical Marijuana, Science, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Political Humor, War on Science, Gil Kerlikowske, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Teenagers, Teen Tobacco Abuse, Drunk Driving, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, American Nurses Association, Seattle Police Chief, Fresno Bee, Drug Czar, Drug War, Doctors, Political Satire, Drug Policy, Tobacco, Republican War on Science, Legalize Marijuana, Lymphoma Foundation of America, Comedy News
Don Parker

After declaring on Wednesday in Fresno that "marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit," Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office...

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ReThinking Thank You for Smoking: Tobacco's Last Action Hero?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thank You for Smoking, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Jonathan Kim, Jason Reitman, Smoking, Cigarettes, Lobbyists, Aaron Eckhart, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Health Care, Movie Critic, Big Tobacco, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.

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Health Class No Longer Required In Texas High Schools

Associated Press | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tennagers, Children, Obesity, School, Grugs, Sex Education, Texas, Health Class, Education, Nutrition, Teens, Teen Pregnancy, High School, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Health Care, Politics News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP)-- Health class will no longer be a state requirement for high school students this fall, making Texas one of the few states in the ...

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Like Big Tobacco, Big Porn Peddles Poison to Children

Greg Barrett | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Internet, Anti-Pornography, Adult Films, Tobacco, Internet Porn, Politics News
Greg Barrett

The reach of internet porn is so broad it cannot be quantified. Just click the little box on the website that says you're 18 or older (You double promise? I double do) and you're granted instant access.

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Obama's Smokescreen

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco, Campaign Promises, Obama Smoking, Obama Cigarettes, Big Tobacco, Barack Obama, Tobacco Bill, Obama Tobacco Bill, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

The president should make his struggle with smoking public. Very public.

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The Rise and Fall of the Cigarette

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Food and Drug Administration, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Tobacco Regulation, Richard Burr, Cigarette Advertising, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Philip Morris, Mitch McConnell Kentucky, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

It was a tough week for the cigarette, and also for Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and three of his colleagues, who received huge campaign contributions from cigarette makers.

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Jason Linkins

Rep. Steve Buyer Warns Of The Dangers Of Smoking Lettuce

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cigarettes, Smoke, Marijuana, Steve Buyer, Tobacco, Media Monitors, Media Monitor, Politics News

[Via Media Monitor Jon] Speaking of that landmark cigarette law, wending its way to the President's desk: Not everyone is in favor of it. Some, in fa...

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The Real Danger of Tobacco Legislation

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

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Jeff Kreisler

"Mr. Pringle, you claim your product's not addictive, but didn't you sign this memo: 'Once you pop, you can't stop'?"

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Senate Passes Historic Anti-Smoking Bill

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit ...

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Sen. Tom Coburn Is Unlikely Supporter Of Tobacco Ban

The Hill | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Tom Coburn, Senate, Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act, Tobacco Ban, Cigarettes, Smoking, Coburn, Tobacco, Smoking Ban, Politics News

A Republican senator who is also a doctor is calling for a new era of Prohibition -- outlawing cigarette smoking and other tobacco use....

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Turkey Smoking Ban Sparks Controversy

GlobalPost | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Foreign Affairs, Turkish Smoking Ban, Turkey Smoking Ban, Tobacco, Smoking Ban, Advocacy, World News

Like many Turkish men, Mevlut Ozhan spends a good deal of time at his local pub, puffing on Marlboros and swigging frothy beer from a thick glass. F...

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tiahrt Amendment, Assault Weapons Ban, Mexico, Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Nra, Eric Holder, National Rifle Association, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, 100 Days, Gun Lobby, Obama Adminstration, Atf, Jimmy Carter, Import Ban, First Hundred Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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FDA Regulation Provides Another Smokescreen for Marlboro Man

Howard Wolinsky and Alan Blum | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Tobacco, FDA Cigarettes, Cigarettes, Fda, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Marlboro Cigarettes, Politics News
Howard Wolinsky and Alan Blum

The new FDA legislation would serve as a Marlboro Preservation Act. The tobacco industry will be footing the bill for the alleged regulation of its own products. The foxes will be guarding the henhouse.

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Smokers Face A Hit As Tobacco Taxes Spike

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Tobacco Taxes, Tobacco, Smoking, Smoking Taxes, Business News

WASHINGTON — However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase...

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Kellogg's Insider on Phelps: Corporation More Concerned About Chemical Delivery Than Marijuana

Don Parker | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Phelps Bong, Frosted Flakes, Nutrition, Satire, Alcohol, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Froot Loops, Synthetic Chemicals, Kellogg's, Political Humor, Tobacco, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Doritos, Michael Phelps, Comedy News
Don Parker

Kellogg's has revealed that the company dropped Phelps as their spokesperson for undermining its corporate mission--to keep as many Americans as possible addicted to synthetic chemicals, food dyes, and artificial sweeteners.

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Supreme Court Opens Floodgates For New Cigarette Lawsuits

New York Times | DAVID STOUT | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Tobacco Companies, Tobacco, Light Cigarettes, Cigarettes, Business News

Tobacco companies suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court on Monday when the justices ruled that the companies can be sued by smokers who contend they ...

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Adding Up Tobacco's Toll On America

divinecaroline.com | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Smoking, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Personal Health, Health, Cigarette Industry, Living News

November is a good month to reconsider the cigarette. Not only is it National Lung Cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness month, b...

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