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Philip Morris must pay widow 145 million USD: high court
Mar 31, 2009 |
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed cigarette giant Philip Morris's appeal of a multi-million dollar punitive damage verdict awarded to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
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Regulation of tobacco products favors big tobacco, makes US farms less stable
Nov 12, 2008 |
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In an attempt to reinvent itself as a "responsible corporate citizen," tobacco company Philip Morris supports regulation of tobacco products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Anti-smoking ads lead youths to smoke
Nov 01, 2006 |
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An Australian-led study has determined ads urging U.S. parents to talk with their children about the dangers of smoking only resulted in more young smokers.
Nicotine Activates More than Just the Brain’s Pleasure Pathways
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University Medical System researchers have discovered there are differing taste pathways for nicotine, which could provide a new approach for future smoking-cessation products.
Biofuel from Corn Stover
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How much corn crop residue, or stover, can be removed for biofuels without harming soil? An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study of a 10-mile circle around the University of Minnesota’s ...
'Comfort food' a stress killer: Australian study
Nov 24, 2009 |
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A high-fat, high-sugar diet could have the same effect on brain chemistry as mood-altering drugs, giving scientific support to the craving for "comfort food", Australian researchers said Tuesday.
Number of Russian women smokers has doubled since Soviet collapse
Jan 28, 2008 |
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The number of Russian women who smoke has more than doubled since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to new research.
Known smoking dangers said no defense
May 19, 2006 |
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says cigarette makers cannot use known dangers as defense in personal injury suits.
A genetic basis for schizophrenia
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is thought to have its roots in the development of the nervous system; however, major breakthroughs linking its genetics to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment ...
Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks
Jun 03, 2009 |
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More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks - prompting calls upon them to divest - the insurance industry has yet to kick the ...
Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type ...
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