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Report finds menthol abuse
McClatchy-TribuneTobacco companies have manipulated menthol levels to attract young cigarette smokers and keep older ones, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health reported yesterday. Their finding, with which industry spokesmen disagree, is based on a review...Tags: Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations, Altria Group
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Study: Menthol levels manipulated
Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes to "lock in lifelong adult smokers," researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded. The researchers reviewed industry documents. Philip Morris USA, the nation's...Tags: Altria Group
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Tobacci companies accused of tinkering with menthol levels
Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to — lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers,"...Tags: Altria Group
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Menthol: Mild or heavy?
Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon who they were marketing them to -- lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to ''lock in lifelong adult smokers,'' Harvard...Tags: Altria Group
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Study: Tobacco Firms Used Menthol As Marketing Hook
Associated PressTobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to — lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers,"...Tags: People, Adults, Altria Group
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VCU panel questioned about Philip Morris deals
Associated Press WriterVirginia Commonwealth University faculty members and students told a task force Wednesday that accepting research money from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA Inc. is unethical and risks scientific integrity. Several speakers told 18 members of a task...Tags: Government, Colleges and Universities, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), University of Virginia, Altria Group
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Study: Big Tobacco used menthol to lure young smokers
WASHINGTON - Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to - lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers,"...Tags: People, Adults, Altria Group
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DVDs to include ads on danger of smoking
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen actor William Hurt puffs on a cigar in the upcoming DVD version of "The Incredible Hulk," it will be after viewers have been warned that what he is doing isn't cool. Under fire for the prevalence of smoking in films, four Hollywood studios have...Tags: Government, Sony Corp., Universal Orlando, William Hurt, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Tobacco policy criticized
Sun reporterTo lift a burden from the police, Baltimore County lawmakers authorized the Health Department last year to take over the task of imposing fines on store clerks who sell cigarettes to underage teenagers. But the county hasn't been doing that job -...Tags: Local Authority, Teen-agers, Health Organizations, Addiction, People
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Cigar letter called error
Sun reporterComptroller Peter Franchot scrambled yesterday to offer his support for a proposed city ban on the individual sale of cheap cigars days after his office wrote a letter to Baltimore officials arguing that the ban would be illegal. A June 30 letter, which...Tags: Peter Franchot, Government, Sheila Dixon, Sales, Health and Safety at School
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