New Tobacco Product Alarms Health Officials
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Smoking By State: Who's Still Doing It?
Good Magazine | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living
Cigarettes, as most everyone knows, give you cancer. And yet, we are still smoking, even in states where laws prevent smoking at work, in restaurants,...
The Eco-Sins (and Virtues) of Barack Obama
Jeanie Pyun | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green
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Senator Barack Obama's environmental platform is pretty clear. He supports clean coal, would create five million green-collar jobs if elected President, and would put a million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015.
Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.
Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style
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Texas Cooking,
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Style News
Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.
How To Trick People Into Doing The Right Thing
GOOD Magazine | Posted 09.17.2008 | Living
Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this means the...
NY Post Cover Story Unfairly Attacks Britney Over Smoking
Tony Newman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment
The New York Post hit a new low on Tuesday when they deemed Britney Spears having a cigarette in the company of her son worthy of front page news.
We Can't Afford to Wait to Regulate Tobacco
Dan Smith | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
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More than 40 years following the first surgeon general's report linked smoking to cancer, a simple list of ingredients is still not required for tobacco products.
Life Cycle: Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em
Simran Sethi | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green
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Sarah Smarsh,
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Deforestation is the most direct environmental repercussion of the approximately ten gazillion cigarettes smoked in the world daily. Wood is used just about every step in production--to cure tobacco, to wrap the leaves with paper, to box them up with cardboard.
Time to Die! (Oops, I Mean Time To Quit!)
Doug Bremner | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living
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Depression,
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The clinical trials of anti-smoking drug Chantix excluded people with mental disorders, but smoking is increased in this population, and these people are obviously at increased risk of suicidality.
FDA One Step Closer To Increased Tobacco Regulation
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved a step closer to handing the Food and Drug Administration broad new authority to regulate tobacco produ...
Philip Morris Intl Commences New Plans to Spread Death and Disease
Robert Weissman | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business
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Philip Morris International today starts business as an independent company, no longer affiliated with Philip Morris USA or the parent company, Altria...
Marriage Does Not Lower Blood Pressure -- Reading Matrimaniacal Media Accounts Raises It
Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.22.2008 | Media
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Singled Out,
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Friends,
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Msnbc,
Marriage,
Cnn,
Ap,
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Health,
Blood Pressure,
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If getting married really did make people healthier, and did so in a way that no other close relationship or meaningful life experiences could approximate, that would be a story worth reporting.
Losing Another Winnable War: "Yes We Can" Conquer Childhood Cancer
Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living
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What is causing a disturbing increase in pediatric cancer and why are we losing what numerous scientists suggest is a winnable war on cancer?
The Amy Winehouse Visa Hypocrisy (updated version)
John Ridley | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment
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Altria Group,
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If a guy who makes bank selling cancer is free to travel, comparatively the gov shouldn't be denying Winehouse entry 'cause she might guzzle a little Cristal and trash a hotel room.
World Cancer Day: A Call to Action
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living
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Hpv,
Poverty,
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Poverty is a carcinogen: lower education and income levels are linked to higher rates of cancer.
Philip Morris Plots Aggressive New Product Blitz
Wall Street Journal | VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business
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Sitting in his office overlooking Lake Geneva, Philip Morris International Chief Executive André Calantzopoulos takes a long drag from an unusually s...
A Diet of Choice
Peter Clothier | Posted 01.15.2008 | Living
I hereby give myself permission to eat and drink as much and as often as I want to, but undertake to be conscious of the choices I make and aware of their consequences.
The Boss Who Fired Workers For Not Smoking
ABC News | Posted 01.12.2008 | Business
The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they request...
An Inconvenient Question?
Jonathan Bines | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
You've been aware of the research for some time. However, until recently, it has been couched in the language of uncertainty. Now the results appear to be in, and the news is grim.
College Women: Give Yourself the Gift of a Healthier Future
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.20.2007 | Living
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University,
Stds,
Cigarettes,
Smoking,
Body Image,
College,
Women's Health,
Alcoholism,
Alcohol,
Suicide,
College Women Health,
Sexual Assault,
Health Care,
Women and Body Image,
Drinking,
Living News
The unique demands of college pose challenges to women trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, strengthen self-esteem, and address personal safety issues.
Smokers' Screen
Merrill Goozner | Posted 11.28.2007 | Living
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Lung Cancer,
Tobacco,
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Screening,
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Lisa Schwartz,
Gilbert Welch,
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Steven Woloshin,
The Lung Cancer Alliance,
Living News
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a resolution asking Medicare and the VA to pay for expensive lung cancer screening tests using CT scans. Local hospitals are already jumping on the bandwagon.
A Hundred Years Later
Ted Goeglein | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living
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Jody Davis,
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Rick Sutcliffe,
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Larry Bowa,
Chicago Cubs,
Jim Frey,
Baseball Blog,
The Lip,
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Wrigley Field,
Red Sox World Series,
Ryno and Harry,
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Andy MacPhail,
1984 Cubs Team,
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Ryne Sandberg,
Living News
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, penicillin, Mickey Mouse, nylon, movies with sound, and bubblegum had not yet been invented. Teddy Roosevelt had two years to go in his presidency. Teddy...freaking...Roosevelt.
Secondhand Smoke Exaggerations Challenged
Jeff Stier | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living
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Boston University School of Public Health Professor Michael Siegel,
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Center for Disease Controls,
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Smoking Causes Heart Attacks,
Living News
It is ironic that after decades of unscientific claims by the tobacco industry, this time it is the anti-smoking groups being accused of distorting the science.
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