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august 2003 articles...
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Articles In The News - August 2003 |
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From Atlanta, GA and Helsinki, Finland - "Tobacco Industry Efforts
to Target Women in Developing Countries" - An article from
UICC GLOBALink. Published on August
04, 2003. |
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From Houma, LA -- "Local
teen’s project aids in father kicking 20-year smoking habit"
- An article by Jewel Bush a writer for The Courier. Published
in Houma Today on August 06. 2003. |
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HoumaToday.com |
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From Merced, CA -- "Gubernatorial
candidate uses smokers' rights as platform" - An article by Alexandria
Rocha. Published in the Merced Sun-Star on August 09, 2003. |
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MercedSunStar.com |
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From New York, NY -- "Illinois
Judge Again Orders Philip Morris to Pay $12 Billion Bond" - An article
by Barry Meier. Published in the New York Times on August 16,
2003. |
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From Madison, WI --
"'.
. . but a good cigar is a smoke'" - An article Doug Erickson Wisconsin
State Journal staff writer. Published on August 18, 2003. |
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WisconsinStateJournal.com |
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From Turlock, CA -- "Roscoe:
'Elect a smoker's governor'" - An article by Shamus Byrne of the
Turlock Journal. Published on August 21, 2003 |
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TurlockJournal.com |
From San Jose, CA -- "Bill
would force smokers away from state buildings" - an article by
Mercury News Staff and
Wire Reports. Published in the San Jose Mercury News on August
25, 2003.
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From New York, NY -- "States
Ask Hollywood to Cut Film Smoking" - An article by The Associated
Press. Published in the New York Times on August 27, 2003. |
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More than 400,000 people die of
tobacco-related illnesses in
the U.S. every year -- more than from AIDS, car crashes,
alcohol, suicides, homicides, fire, and illegal drugs combined...(more) |
| Cigarettes contain over 4,000
chemicals including carbon
monoxide, formaldehyde, arsenic, lead, and hydrogen
cyanide (same gas used in the gas chamber). Almost four
dozen of these chemicals are known to cause cancer....(more) |
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