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october 2003 articles...
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Articles In The News - October 2003 |
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From Oregon--
"Chuck
Tauman: Oregon tobacco verdict was not 'excessive' " - An article by
Chuck Tauman. Published in The Oregonian on October 20, 2003.` |
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OregonLive.com |
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From US Newswire -- "Smokers
With Breast Cancer Twice as Likely to Die than Non-Smokers, According
to Study" - A press release by
Beth Bukata and Katherine Egan Bennett,
of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
Published on US Newswire on October 20, 2003. |
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From WebMD - "Low-Tar
Cigs May Not Help Smokers Quit" - An article by Jennifer Warner of
WebMD Medical News. Published on October 23, 2003. |
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WebMD.com |
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From the BBC -- "Cigarettes
'could double MS risk'" - An article
from the Health Section of UK Edition of BBC News. Published on October 28, 2003. |
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BBCNews.co.uk |
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From Contra Costa County, CA -- "Longs'
cigarette sales draw fire" - An article
by
Janet Adamy in The
Contra Costa Times. Published on October 31, 2003.
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ContraCostaTimes.com |
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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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