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Cigarettes:
Leading Cause of Fire Deaths -
Children
account for more than 35% of all fire and burn injuries and deaths
. . .
Smokeless
tobacco is not a safe alternative to cigarettes, as some young
people believe, and it is even more habit forming because it contains
a higher . . .
"I Have a Dream"
Speech Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by Martin
Luther King, Jr. . . .
African-American Teen
Smoking Has Increased 56 percent -
According to the CDC, cigarette smoking among African-American teens
increased 56% in the 1990s . . .
Over
5 million people are killed a year by tobacco and the toll
is rising to nearly 10 million deaths each year by 2020
. . .
U.S. Won't Ask Firms to
Help Current Smokers Quit - The DHHS estimates
that each year about 1.3 million people become daily smokers. .
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What is second-hand
smoke? - Second-hand smoke is a mixture of two forms of smoke
from burning tobacco products . . .
Scientist Richard Doll, dies
at 92 - The British scientist who was among the first researchers
to show a dramatic connection between lung cancer and smoking. .
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Bad
behaviour 'linked to smoking
- Women who smoke in pregnancy may raise the risk of their child
displaying anti-social behaviour, researchers say. . .
Commissioner,
Cancer Survivor Fights For Smoking Ban in Charles County - He
fought fires in Prince George's County for two decades and survived
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One More Way Smoking Kills
- Exposure
to cigarette smoke raises teenagers' risk of metabolic syndrome,
a disorder associated with excess belly fat . . .
$280
Billion Penalty Against Tobacco Firms Is Blocked
- The
Supreme Court refused yesterday to allow the Bush administration
to pursue a $280 billion penalty .
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Movie
Stars Smoking On Screen Encourages Teen Smoking
- Watching
a favorite movie star smoke appears to encourage teen girls to adopt
the habit themselves . . .
Teens
Tell How They Got Hooked on Smoking - Parents, Peers Influence
Teen Smoking Habits
. . .
ABC
NEWS -
Lifelong Smokers Embark on a Most Difficult Challenge . . .
Smoking
Deaths Cost in Productivity - CDC Reports That Early Deaths
From Smoking
Cost $92 Billion in Lost Productivity 1997-2001. . .
Do
Smoking Bans Really Get People to Quit?
- Critics of Restrictions Worry About Imposition, Lost Revenue,
But Studies Show Laws Are Effective
. . .
Is
Big Tobacco Sweet-Talking Kids Into Smoking?
- At Least Four States Consider Legal Action to Stop Youth-Targeted
Tobacco Marketing . . .
Improve
Your Odds of Kicking the Smoking Habit
- Help lines and counseling Increase chances of success . . .
Despite
Smoking Warnings, 50 Million Americans Still Light Up
- Addiction, Massive Marketing Fuel Cigarette Sales . . .
Smoking
can lessen IQ, thinking ability: study
- If you need another reason to quit smoking, it's a good potential
one to add to the list . . .
Where
Has All the Tobacco Money Gone?
- Money From Settlement With Big Tobacco Goes to Fund Auto Speedway,
Golf Course Sprinklers . . .
Smoking
raises breast cancer risk
- If you need another reason to quit smoking, it's a good potential
one to add to the list . . .
Light
smoking triples risk of heart disease death
- If you need another reason to quit smoking, it's a good potential
one to add to the list
. . .
LA
County Urges Gays to Cut Back Smoking
- Los Angeles County Seeks to Cut Down on Smoking Among Gays and
Lesbians . . .
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| Tobacco's
Toll on Kids
since 2000
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9,604,660
kids
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have
become regular
smokers |
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3,201,553
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will
die prematurely
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The tobacco industry
spends over
$15.4 billion a year
marketing their deadly
products in the USA
alone, most of it
reaching kids.
So far this year
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27,411,329,033
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"I
found that in cases where a cancer diagnosis was wrong, the patient
always turned out to be a non-smoker."
"But when the diagnosis turned out to be correct, the patient
was always revealed to be a smoker."
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