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Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- While jams and other consumer products are strictly regulated and are required to pass stringent tests before they can be sold, tobacco has no restrictions and manufacturers can, and do, add anything they ...





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Regulation of tobacco products favors big tobacco, makes US farms less stable

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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.


New FDA regulation of tobacco products has problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New US legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction over tobacco products represents a serious compromise on the part of tobacco control advocates, argues a new essay in this week's open access ...


Imperfections aside, smoking regulation bill long overdue, tobacco control expert says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- After nearly a decade of waiting, the U.S. Senate is expected Monday to pass a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco, and despite controversies over the involvement ...


Smoke no longer found in European hospitals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tobacco use is prohibited in hospitals in many European countries, although levels of compliance with this regulation differ. A study carried out by researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) has shown for the ...


Rodent smoke screen

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US. Their findings of how rats' brains respond to ...


Is snuff the answer to quitting smoking?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2006 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers in Washington say smokeless tobacco is much safer than cigarettes but the jury is out on whether smokers should be encouraged to switch habits.


WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 28

(AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


Experts: Big Tobacco dead by 2047, possibly sooner

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 19

President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country ...


Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff — placed between lip and gum — has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's ...


FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.



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