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New research backs FDA ban on flavored cigarettes

New research showing that thrill-seeking teenagers are especially susceptible to fruit-flavored cigarettes is in line with the recent ban on the sale of flavored cigarettes by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ...

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FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

FDA ban on flavored cigs takes effect

(AP) -- The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco.

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Hookah use widespread among college students

Despite a growing number of cities instituting smoking bans across the country, hookah bars are cropping up everywhere – from chic downtown cafes to locations near college campuses, where they've found a loyal customer ...

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created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 9

New 'dissolvable tobacco' products may increase risk of mouth disease

The first study to analyze the complex ingredients in the new genre of dissolvable tobacco products has concluded that these pop-into-the-mouth replacements for cigarettes in places where smoking is banned have the potential ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens prefer liquor to beer, hardly touch wine

Nearly half of American teen drinkers would rather have a shot of liquor than a bottle of beer, a new study finds. The golden brew and malt beverages only come a distant second and third, and wine barely registers ...

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Appeals court says US can't block electronic cigarettes

A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that the government cannot block the sale or import of so-called electronic cigarettes under existing laws, in a victory for the industry.

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created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tobacco industry lobbies for flavorful cigarettes

(AP) -- Public health officials from around the world agreed this week on some new anti-smoking rules, but others that could have sharply reduced global tobacco consumption remained out of reach at an international ...

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created Nov 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A researcher answers the weight gain question

We eat too much, and it's making us fat and sick. So why don't we stop?

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created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internists outline comprehensive federal strategy to control tobacco use

"While tobacco use has decreased drastically over the last few decades, we still have a long way to go," American College of Physicians (ACP) President, J. Fred Ralston, Jr., MD, FACP, said as a new ACP policy monograph was ...

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created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The nicotine-candy connection: Study says new pills' attractiveness can lead to children's poisoning

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tobacco company's new, dissolvable nicotine pellet--which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies--could lead to accidental nicotine poisoning ...

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created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products - that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine - could be particularly ...

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created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Smoking continues gradual decline among U.S. teens, smokeless tobacco threatens a comeback

(PhysOrg.com) -- Teen smoking reached its recent peak levels around 1996 and 1997, followed by a sharp decline for about six years and a continued more gradual decline ever since, according to the latest Monitoring the Future ...

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