Entries Categorized as 'In the News'
November 20, 2009
admin wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterMatt Apuzzo, of the Associated Press reported on a tax loophole that many Big Tobacco manufactures quickly jumped on to reduce their tax base.
By cleverly changing product marketing they are effectively dodging taxes that would have gone to support the cost of children’s health insurance.
It [...]
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October 25, 2009
admin wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterEarlier this month it was reported in an abstract paper by Canadian Medical Association Journal that British American Tobacco had its affiliate, the Imperial Tobacco company destroy over sixty research documents dating back to 1992.
With this action now surfacing the embarrassment for big tobacco could [...]
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September 9, 2009
admin wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterAgain, the stop smoking drug Chantix has made the news, and for a very sad reason.
The recent news story we are referring to is a pending lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc.
Parents of a Dallas Musician by the name of Carter Albrecht have filed the suit due [...]
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June 15, 2009
admin wrote a good post today onHere’s a little excerptThis week’s tobacco news was filled with history making reports about congress signing off on regulation of tobacco by the FDA.
Many opinions are floating around. Some are in favor of it, while others are against the bill. Then there are those who like the idea [...]
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April 10, 2009
admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCalifornia’s Example Provides Encouragement that Smokers Can Stop
Today in the LA Times, it was reported that the use of cigarettes in California is steadily declining.
Smoking statistics for adults have dropped since California passed a twenty-five cent tax on each pack of cigarettes.
Cigarette Taxes Encourage Quitting [...]
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April 10, 2009
admin wrote a good post today onHere’s a little excerptCalifornia’s Example Provides Encouragement that Smokers Can Stop
Today in the LA Times, it was reported that the use of cigarettes in California is steadily declining.
Smoking statistics for adults have dropped since California passed a twenty-five cent tax on each pack of cigarettes.
Cigarette Taxes Encourage Quitting [...]
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October 1, 2008
Kabuki wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhat is the bailout going to accomplish you ask?
Will it stabilize the banks, provide assistance to those facing foreclosure, help you get credit?
You may want to view the posts on Fed Up USA blog to gain some perspective from their point of view.
For example:
$700 Billion [...]
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September 29, 2008
Kabuki wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX — Lung Cancer Alliance President and CEO Laurie Fenton-Ambrose issued the following statement:
All of us at Lung Cancer Alliance, our Board, our advocates and the patients, families and caregivers we represent, extend our deepest sympathy to the wife and family of Paul [...]
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September 26, 2008
CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn my travels around the internet today I ran across an exceptionally interesting article that I felt we must share with you.
On a larger scale our planet is fueled by water and without water, our planet could not sustain life.
I think that every human on [...]
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September 24, 2008
Kabuki wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptReuters Health Report
Recently researchers found a link between the risk of lung cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
The article reported that the risk of lung cancer is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, even after taking into account the effects of tobacco and asbestos exposure, according to [...]
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