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Six Arguments For the Elimination of Cigarettes
By Dirk Hanson
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Prohibition and the tobacco control endgame. Despite all our efforts in recent years to reduce the percentage of Americans who smoke cigarettescurrently about one in fivethe idea of full-blown cigaret...
Novartis Gives Up On Nicotine Vaccine
By Dirk Hanson
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Another one bites the dust. Novartis, a leading health care products company, called it quits on its NIC002 nicotine vaccine project, which failed badly three years ago in Phase II studies undertaken ...
Big Tobacco Makes a Move Into E-Cigarettes
By Dirk Hanson
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A battery-operated, addiction-based market. While the FDA dithered, and health advocates argued, Big Tobacco began placing its bets on the e-cigarette market last year. Tobacco firm Lorillard Inc., th...
Cigarettes: Should the FDA Mandate a National Taper?
By Dirk Hanson
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Addiction expert calls for reduced-nicotine tobacco. For years now, nicotine researcher Neal Benowitz has been a man on a mission. Dr. Benowitz, a professor of medicine at the University of California...
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Tobacco Companies Knew Radioactive Particles in Cigarette Posed Cancer Risk But Kept Quiet
Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles' cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the publi
Smokers get chance to beat the habit with 12p tablets
Tabex tablets mimics nicotine's effects on smokers by stimulating the brain's reward pathways Fed up of using nicotine gum, patches or lozenges, or relying on walks, food treats or sheer willpower to beat your cigarette addiction? Pills bought online cost
Big Tobacco Concealed Harmful Radiation in Cigarettes for Years: Study
Research from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) found that Big Tobacco was aware of the presence of carcinogenic radiation in cigarettes decades before it was announced to the public.
Cigarette vending machines banned
Children will find it more difficult to buy cigarettes as vending machines selling tobacco will be officially banned in England from Saturday.
Cigarette vending machines banned
Children will find it more difficult to buy cigarettes as vending machines selling tobacco will be officially banned in England from Saturday. Related Stories Britons are munching more sweets Green spaces at risk, group warns PM 'must keep plastic bag pro