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YouTube - Rethink Reviews - Thank You for Smoking (www.youtube.com) TMC

Jonathan Kim explains how this movie relates to the current health care reform debate.

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Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Smoke Free Supporters Challenge Petition Certification (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Supporters of South Dakota’s new smoke-free law are challenging a petition that could force the law to go to a statewide ballot in 2010. The South Dakota Tobacco Free Kids Network has filed the... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

If the Cigarettes Don’t Get You, the Meds Might (www.truthdig.com) TMC

As if quitting smoking wasn’t hard enough: The FDA is slapping mental health warnings on varenicline and buprorpion, two drugs commonly prescribed to help smokers ditch their “cancer sticks,” as... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Smoking and Mental Illness a Deadly Combination (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Mental health professionals are beginning a new education campaign against smoking. New information from the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, and other mental health advocacy and education... More

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Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Philip Morris' Legal Smoke Screen (www.motherjones.com) TMC

In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Philip Morris, America's largest cigarette company, compared itself to the NAACP. And to a South Carolina death row inmate illegally denied due process. And to... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by TEVSlyke1 | 0 Comments |

Michigan Department of Community Health to senate: Pass smoking ban during lame duck session (michiganmessenger.com) TMC

The Michigan Department of Community Health today sent a letter to the State Senate and House urging the passage of a ban on smoking in public places like eateries and bars. The legislation passed the... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Note to women smokers: Quit smoking (www.feministing.com) TMC

This is a stark reminder: women smokers lose 14.5 years off their life span. I'm going to disclose a little, shameful secret: I'm a smoker. Well, not your average pack-of-cigarettes-a-day smoker,... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

A Rescue Package for Working Women (www.mediaforum.org) TMC

Wall Street tycoons behave irresponsibly, bring the country to financial brink, hold out their hands for an eleven-figure bailout -- and lobbyists applaud that as a rescue. Women achieve daily... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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