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MLB takes a swing at smokeless to***co The new Major League Baseball contract will phase out players’ use of the addictive substance.

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Under Donald Trump, Florida’s premium cigar industry could escape job-killing FDA regulations - SaintPetersBlog On the verge of being snuffed out by Obama administration regulators, Florida’s traditional and culturally distinct premium cigar industry has …

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How a Cigarette Is Engineered The design and content of ci******es continue to make them attractive, addictive, and deadly. Every day, more than 1,300 people in the United States die because of cigarette use.

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Study Finds e-ci******es Don’t Make To***co Use Appealing Again | Psych Central News The increased public use of e-ci******es has not re-normalized the use of conventional ci******es, as some have argued, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR) in Scotland. The findings are published in the journal International Archives of Addiction Resear...

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Happy holidays from Big To***co: 5 of this year’s seasonal ads This year’s holiday greetings from to***co companies come with party tips, free gift tags, DIY decoration ideas and, of course, lots of coupons for to***co.

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Study finds ho**ah to***co labels to be misleading The amount of ni****ne in ho**ah to***co is often inaccurate and can be misleading to the consumer, researchers have found.

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Dangers of Ni****ne Are Highlighted in New Report The dangers of ni****ne may be especially problematic for children and teens, causing addiction and other health problems. Consumer Reports examines new findings.

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Join Kira Kosarin and Take Back the Shelves. Pharmacies -- trusted healthcare sources -- and to***co -- the leading preventable cause of death -- just. don’t. mix. We’re teaming up with truth to take ba...

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FDA Cracks Down on Flavored Ci******es Sold as Ci**rs The FDA is cracking down on flavored ci******es that are marketed as "ci**rs." Consumer Reports explains the law.

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Broken Promises to Our Children Big To***co spends $20 to market its deadly products for every $1 the states spend to fight to***co use.

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American Teens Are On Their Best Behavior In 40 Years, Survey Says A survey says that American teenagers are on their best behavior in 40 years – they’re drinking and smoking less, and are not doing drugs as often as their predecessors. Even ma*****na use has gone down among middle-school children, says the yearly Monitoring the Future survey conducted. Lloyd Johns...

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Testimonial Warning Labels On To***co Products More Effective At Motivating Attempts To Quit Smoking: TCORS Report Warning labels are there to deter smoking. However, researchers have found that testimonial warning labels are better than text-based ones in motivating smokers to quit.

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Many Americans don't know what's in to***co smoke National surveys of adults and teens suggest that many Americans have little understanding of the dangerous substances lurking in cigarette smoke.

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To***co use widespread in video games played by youth The depiction of to***co use in games serves, in effect, as free advertising for to***co companies, and a recruitment mechanism for the “replacement smokers.”

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Surgeon general calls youth e-cigarette smoking ‘a major public health concern’ A sharp rise in va**ng by young people is troubling in part because we don't understand the dangers.

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Secondhand (and Third-Hand) Smoke May Be Making Your Pet Sick If you’re a , you probably realize the dangers smoking may pose to your . But have you ever thought about how the habit affects your ? According to Food and Drug Administration ( ) veterinarian Carmela Stamper, the news is not good. “Smoking’s not only harmful to people, it’s ha...

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Smoking even one cigarette a day on average can kill you Even people whose smoking doesn't add up to much more than about one or two ci******es a day die earlier than people who never smoked, a study finds.

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Michael Bloomberg may be Big To***co’s biggest enemy A new $360 million donation announced Monday by Bloomberg Philanthropies brings the group's total contribution to to***co control to $1 billion.

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U.S. Will Ban Smoking in Public Housing Nationwide Officials said the rule, which bars to***co use in apartments, common areas and offices, will take effect in early 2017. It will cover the homes of more than 400,000 New York City residents.

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It's Never Too Late to Quit Smoking, Even In Your 60s It's true that the earlier a smoker quits the better, but even people who quit in their 60s lowered their risk of death compared to those who kept puffing away.

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The Creative Way Public Health Advocates Are Trying To Get Hipsters To Quit Smoking Taking a page from Big To***co's insidious marketing tactics, the front line in the war on smoking moves to bars and nightclubs.

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Smoking harms not just your physical health, but your mental health too The effects of long-term to***co smoking on our mental faculties such as memory and concentration are only now becoming known.

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Australia’s plain cigarette packs are ‘putting teens off smoking’ The introduction of plain, standardised packaging for ci******es in Australia is putting teens off taking up the lethal addiction.

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E-ci******es 'just as harmful as to***co' for oral health Two new studies demonstrate the negative effects e-ci******es may have for oral health, with one study claiming va**ng is just as harmful as smoking.

Hollywood Beats The Alleged Claims That Its Films Influence Kids To Smoke. Altarum Institute Altarum Behavioral Health

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Quit the spit: Smokeless to***co no better than lit Don’t trade your ci******es for smokeless to***co during the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17

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Get Ready...Set...Quit! The American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout is the perfect starting point. Learn more.

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Va**ng may put your smile at risk As e-cigarette use among teens rises, scientists find that va**ng may cause cellular damage to the mouth, gums and teeth. Even the cells’ DNA was affected.

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American Spirit’s Long, Strange Trip to Court The company faces a lawsuit over deceptive marketing.

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Cigarette Smoking In The U.S. Continues To Fall The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen from 21 percent of the adult population in 2005 to 15 percent in 2015, when the agency conducted its latest survey.