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| Gene For Bitter Taste Could Be Clue To Smoking And Eating Behavior |
Scientists have found a gene associated with the ability to taste certain bitter substances, a discovery that offers a clue about why some people smoke and make certain diet choices. |
03/11/03 |
| Study Adds Cavities to Risks of Passive Smoke |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Add time in the dentist's chair to the childhood risks from inhaling secondhand cigarette smoke, researchers said on Tuesday. |
03/11/03 |
| Philip Morris `Light' Cigarette Trial Emphasizes Advertising |
Edwardsville, Illinois, March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Morris USA will try to persuade an Illinois judge to reject a claim that the tobacco company deceived customers by advertising ``light'' cigarettes as less dangerous than its regular product. |
03/09/03 |
| U.S. not doing enough, tobacco foes say |
WASHINGTON - From time to time, President Bush urges Americans to quit smoking, but critics say his actions speak louder than his words. |
03/09/03 |
| Smoking diseases alter the brain |
Smoking-related lung disease can lead to profound changes in the way the brain works, researchers have found. |
03/08/03 |
| Smoking Can Lead to Erectile Dysfunction |
March 6, 2003 -- Guys, if some of you wonder what's wrong in the bedroom, here's a clue. If you want to smoke in the bedroom, quit smoking. New research adds to the evidence that smoking may be a major cause of erectile dysfunction. |
03/08/03 |
| Testimony ends in lawsuit against Philip Morris |
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Testimony has ended in the suburban St. Louis trial of a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris, which is accused of defrauding smokers of "light" cigarettes. |
03/07/03 |
| Virginia to cash in tobacco settlement |
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia will cash in part of its share of the National Tobacco Settlement at the end of this month in a transaction that will create a 0 million windfall for economic development projects in rural areas. |
03/06/03 |
| The Power of Advertising: Big Tobacco vs. Anti-Smoking Campaigns |
In 1998, the American tobacco industry ended a slew of health-related lawsuits by agreeing to make annual payments to the states worth 6 billion. The settlement also included restrictions on advertising that might attract teenagers. Among these were a |
03/06/03 |
| Smoking, Tea Drinking Tied to Urinary Incontinence |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both heavy smoking and regularly sipping tea might help promote bladder-control problems in women, researchers reported Thursday. |
03/06/03 |
| Toxins in Family Home Coax Mom to Quit Smoking |
March 5 — Margie Monahan has smoked since she was 15, but now that she is a mother of two, she's torn between the love of her kids and a powerful addiction she's tried to beat for 25 years. |
03/05/03 |
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