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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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cigarettes stories: 48 news summaries

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Joni Wows
With Shine

Mitchell’s first
new work in a
decade is ‘biting,
sartorial and poetic’

Sep 25, 07 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joni Mitchell has dropped new material for the first time in 10 years, and Shine is wowing critics. It “isn’t a coffee table record,” raves AllMusic, in awarding it 4 of 5 stars; “it won’t attract record execs looking for a resurrection." That’s... More »

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music • Starbucks • cigarettes • Joni Mitchell • union busting • music review

Tobacco Giant Plans Spinoff of Overseas Arm

Philip Morris unit, less vulnerable to lawsuits, can focus on growth

Aug 29, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Altria, the world's largest tobacco company, wants to break its Philip Morris International unit off from its US counterpart, Bloomberg reports, to pursue greater overseas growth while insulating it from health-related US lawsuits. "Tobacco is growing overseas, while in the US it's in decline, making a reasonable argument for... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Altria • Philip Morris • Marlboro

Smoking Clouds Workplace Productivity

Lighting up means poorer health, poorer work, researchers say

Aug 16, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Employees who smoke also call in sick more frequently and demonstrate poorer productivity, to the tune of $92 billion in annual losses, a Swedish researcher says. All that huddling by the loading dock translates to startling hard numbers, CareerBuilder.com reports: In a study of 14,000 workers, smokers took,... More »

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health • work • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • employment

House Passes Health Plan for 4M More Kids

Dems take step toward universal coverage over GOP objections

Aug 2, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House has passed a sweeping expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program that will extend covered to 4 million uninsured kids using revenue from cigarette taxes and cuts in subsidies to private Medicare plans. The bill, which was approved 225-204, is a step toward universal coverage over Republican... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Republican • health insurance • taxes • Medicare • cigarettes • tobacco • children • House of Representatives • Jim McDermott

Lifting That Glass Boosts Cancer Risk

Single large glass of wine a day ups colon cancer odds by 10%

Jul 31, 07 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - What's a bloke to do? After the reassuring news that a glass of red wine a day helps fend off heart disease, now comes a British study that one large glass—or a pint of beer—increases the risk of colon cancer by 10%. ""The research shows quite... More »

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cancer • alcohol • heart disease • cigarettes • wine • beer • colon cancer • red wine

FDA to Regulate Cigarettes

Congress set to pass law to give feds power over toxic ingredients

Jul 26, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is set to pass a law today that will give the federal FDA the same power over tobacco it has over drugs and medical devices. Identical bills in both houses, hailed by the American Lung Association as a "win for public health," would allow the government to... More »

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FDA • cigarettes • tobacco • Phillip Morris • American Lung Association • medical devices • tar • nicotine • American Medical Association

England Douses Public Smoking

New law clears the air in enclosed spaces

Jul 1, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The English ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, including bars, workplaces, and public buildings, went into effect at 6am today. The effort to improve indoor air quality and inconvenience some smokers into quitting will cause grumbling, says the country's chief medical officer, but "on the whole, the majority... More »

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health • United Kingdom • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • England • David Hockney • secondhand smoke • smoking ban

MPAA Snuffs Onscreen Smoking

Flicks with cancer
sticks will draw
tougher rating

May 11, 07 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cigarette and cigar smoking will be considered alongside violence, profanity, nudity, and drug use in assigning ratings, the MPAA announced yesterday. Any film that glamorizes the habit or features lighting up outside of "an historic  or other mitigating context "could face a box-office-busting R.  More »

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film • MPAA • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Motion Picture Association of America • audiences • smoking ban • movie industry • movies

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