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British and American tobacco companies deliberately added powerful appetite-suppressing chemicals to cigarettes to attract people worried about their weight, according to internal industry documents dating from 1949 to 1999. Chemical additives are just one of several strategies successfully used by tobacco companies over the past 50 years to convince people that smoking Style makes you [...]
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The Australian Greens Seek Change to Prevent the Tobacco Smokers Increase
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2018
The Australian Greens, who helped Prime Minister Julia Gillard win power, want the government’s Future Fund investment program changed to prevent the holding of tobacco company shares. “It makes no sense for a Federal Government fund to be investing in a way which is so clearly at odds with current health policy,” Greens Senator Rachel [...]
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Smoking Ban
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2018
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed another bill that would have banned smoking in California’s state parks and beaches. One tobacco company, Commonwealth Brands, had publicly opposed the ban, arguing it would infringe on smokers’ rights. “I’m sorry the governor did not agree with this widely supported effort to increase public awareness about the environmental threats carelessly tossed [...]
Chewing Tobacco Maker Agrees To $5M Settlement
Posted by admin on December 9th, 2017
The maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what is believed to be the first wrongful-death settlement won from a chewing tobacco company. A legal expert said the case could open the door for more lawsuits against [...]
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