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| UM plans to study smoking illnesses |
Researchers at the University of Miami will seek clues to the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 60, and other intractable diseases like chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and stroke us |
06/05/01 |
| Unlocking smoking's secrets |
DURHAM -- Tethered to a pulse monitor, Robert Marrow sat in a tiny office and waited for the lab technician's cue. He leaned forward and placed his mouth on the filter of a lit cigarette encased in a network of glass tubes and wire. |
06/05/01 |
| New Plan for Tobacco Settlement Funds |
In early 1999, New York's mayor and City Council leaders proposed to use revenues from the settlement of a state lawsuit against cigarette companies to rebuild and repair schools. |
06/05/01 |
| Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Feature Focuses on Cancers with Recent Increasing Trends |
BETHESDA, Md., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The rates for new cancer cases and deaths for all cancers combined continued to decline in the United States, according to a report released today which includes new data for the period between 1992 to 1998. The repor |
06/05/01 |
| Big Tobacco Found Guilty |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several tobacco companies were found guilty of deceptive business practices on Monday in a case brought by Blue Cross Blue Shield, which sought to be reimbursed for funds it allegedly spent on smoking-related costs, as a jury ruled th |
06/04/01 |
| Cities move toward bans on smoking |
Mary Bars will make a few sacrifices to smoke a cigarette. She likely will be forced to make more as more Iowa cities consider stamping out smoking in restaurants, bars and taxis. |
06/04/01 |
| No magic in kicking the habit |
The addiction gripped Allison Blakebrough in ways that surprised her. A smoker since she was 13, the Durham woman was taken aback when, a week into her most recent attempt to quit, she cried. |
06/04/01 |
| One whistleblower's claim: smoking ban was ignored |
Life can get complicated when a worker decides to go one-on-one with an employer, citing a failure to enforce nonsmoking rules. |
06/04/01 |
| Kids' Animated Movies Show Drinking, Smoking |
June 4, 2001 -- Even in classic children's movies like Pinocchio, characters are smoking cigars, puffing on pipes, and drinking alcohol. |
06/04/01 |
| Islamic ban on smoking sought by govt |
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has asked its top Islamic body to declare smoking 'sinful' to curb the habit within the majority Muslim community. |
06/01/01 |
| Health Canada's Tobacco Control Strategy |
The Government of Canada will invest over 0 million (including million in existing funding) in Health Canada's Tobacco Control Strategy over the next five years -- almost five times the investment that was made in the previous initiative, which is |
06/01/01 |
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