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• Racism in Bull Durham Tobacco Ads

  
  Sociological Images — Authority: 732
  I borrowed these two ads from Jim Crow History .  According to the site, Bull Durham tobacco was among the most recognizable trademarks in the world circa 1900.  These two ads include caricatures of “foolish looking or silly acting blacks to draw attention to its product”: For more historical U.S. ...
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• Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip Morris

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual suing a tobacco company.
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• Stop Smoking Formula

  
  Survivor Mom — Authority: 134
  If you smoke, please stop smoking now before it will be too late. I am sure you are now regretting why you started to smoke despite the fact that you know very well that smoking has so many disadvantages. Yes friends...Smoking is the major factor of developing several health problems such as lung cancer, emphysema ...
  19 hours ago

• Philip Morris gets snuffed on a $300 million verdict for a former smoker

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 808
  Filed under: Company News , Altria Group A Florida woman on Thursday won a $300 million judgment against Altria Groups ( MO ) unit Philip Morris USA -- the largest award yet among 8,000 lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies. Jurors took three hours to return the award to Cindy Naugle, 61, of ...
  23 hours ago

• College Scholarships025

  
  College Education — Authority: 138
  start early, not able the also, be apply scholarships, give chance or them. that have GPA, from class, score SAT. also and to instructions carefully. Tobacco Prevention, [...]
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• ATF Authorizes Manufacturers To Streamline Required Firearms Markings

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 614
  ATF Authorizes Manufacturers To Streamline Required Firearms Markings BATFE WASHINGTON DC— -(AmmoLand.com)- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a ruling authorizing licensed manufacturers who perform a manufacturing process on firearms for another licensed manufacturer not to ...
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• CEI Weekly: CEI Starts Gore Debate Fundraiser

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 492
  CEI Weekly November 20, 2009 >> [Video] CEI Encourages Al Gore to Debate on Global Warming In an attempt to convince Al Gore to change his mind about refusing to debate, CEI has started a new campaign called the Pledge-a-Dollar-to-Debate campaign. This campaign will allow individuals to pledge money ...
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• Cook County Jail Officer Arrested For Smuggling Marijuana Into Jail

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Gina GomezNov.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A officer at the Cook Country Jail was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle marijuana in the jail premises. Officer Romell Wilburn was taken into custody earlier this week when the officer brought tobacco which was mixed with marijuana to the jail in a bid to supply it to ...
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• MTV Iggy Does Indian Rock

  
  Indiecision: Music Magazine: Indian indie music News, MP3s, Interviews, Videos, Giveaways, Awesomeness — Authority: 427
  The folks over at MTV Iggy have a great new feature on Indian rock out. The feature is a fun insight into the Indian rock scene and how it has begun its long break through to the other side. It has a bunch of interviews with Indian bands, including Half Step Down , Tough On Tobacco (who released their debut ...
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• MissMalini’s Fan Night @ Hard Rock Cafe (check out my theme song, yay!)

  
  Miss Malini — Authority: 139
  MissMalini @ Hard Rock Cafe Oh boy oh boy oh boy, what a night! (just to fill you in, last night Hard Rock Cafe hosted the first ever missmalini.com fan night which I decided to  host when I hit 1000 Facebook fans (so sign up quick and wait till you see what happens when we hit 2000!) Somehow everything just ...
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• Smoking Pays Off Big For Former Smoker

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 528
  Hansen Sinclair - AHN Reporter Fort Lauderdale, FL (AHN) - The bad news: After her quarter-century addiction to smoking, Cindy Naugle has developed acute emphysema, is confined to a wheelchair and lugs around an oxygen tank everywhere she goes. The good news: Today she is $300 million richer.
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• Ciggies “widely contaminated” with pathogenic bacteria

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, November 20 (ANI): An international study has found cigarettes are “widely contaminated” with bacteria, including some which can cause diseases.A University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France conducted the research.The study ...
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• Virginia: A Success Story in The New World

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 549
  The potential Virginia had to make fortunes was boundless. The success of many was due to the fact that they learned from their mistakes. The first group of settlers faced many hardships such as famine, the bitter cold winters, and diseases. Learning from their past mistakes they learned better ways to grow their ...
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• Card gallery: 2009 Topps 206 baseball cards

  
  The Beckett Blog — Authority: 593
  While a Box Busters episode for 2009 Topps 206 is in negotiations for Friday or Monday, weve already busted a box for a card gallery right here.Heres a sneak peek at what you can find in your boxes when they arrive starting next week ...
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• Electric Cigarette: A 50 Year Smoker’s Point of View

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 549
  The electric cigarette (E cigarette) is a simple devise that delivers nicotine in the form of a vapor.  There is no tobacco associated with it and as such it falls outside the boundaries of what is considered ‘smoking’.  There is no second hand smoke because there is no first hand smoke.  It is simply a ...
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• Smoke and mirrors: Cigarette tobacco makers alter labels to sidestep tax hike

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 808
  Filed under: Company News , People A major tax increase on loose cigarette tobacco has caused pipe tobacco sales to surge dramatically this year. Historically, the tobacco industry manufactured around 270,000 pounds of pipe tobacco per month. Yet, in April, it hit 566,000 pounds, ultimately skyrocketing to 1.7 ...
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• ATCA: rapport des activités 2008-2009

  
  Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA — Authority: 126
  Fabrice Ebeh a transmis un rapport sur les activités dATCA depuis sa fondation, le 19 novembre 2008. On y trouve quelques informations générales mais la liste des membres nest pas communiquée (son nombre varie de plus de 40 dans 26 pays en page 2  à 110 dans 36 pays en page 5 ), ni un rapport financier ...
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• News, Public Health, Epidemiology, Tobacco: Great American Smokeout 2009, and another Reason to Quit

  
  EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC — Authority: 112
  Today, Nov 19 2009 is designated by the American Cancer Society as… The Great American Smokeout Image credit: Courtesy of American Cancer Society – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 _______________________________________________ There are many excellent reasons for quitting smoking.  A ...
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• Increase On Home Made Rakia Duty Proposed In Bulgaria

  
  The Rakia Site — Authority: 116
  Heres the latest news on Rakia duty that was promised to be unchanged by Boris Boyko the Prime Minister. Well at least the first 30 litres of home distilled rakia anyway. This will not stop the production of over 30 litres and no duty being paid as is what happens currently. It is a tax increase of BGN 0.72 per litre ...
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• November 19 is the Great American Smoke-out Day

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today i.e. November 19 is the American Cancer Society’s “Great American Smokeout” Day.This special day is so named with the aim that people will not smoke or use any other tobacco products on this day, and then try to quit all the tobacco products for good. It is also hoped ...
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