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Congressional Blacks Split Over Menthol Cigarettes A rift has opened in the 43-member caucus over a menthol provision in legislation that would enable the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Blacks in Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes A bill that would outlaw flavored cigarettes — except for a type many black smokers choose — has opened a rift. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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A Flavoring Seen as a Means of Marketing to Blacks It is unclear how African-American preference for menthol cigarettes developed in the first place, but it seems the answer involves cultural and taste preferences as well as tobacco industry marketing. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency A ban of most flavored cigarettes would exempt menthol cigarettes, popular among African-Americans. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Opposition to Menthol Cigarettes Grows Seven former health secretaries protested menthol’s special treatment in a tobacco bill pending in Congress. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Appeals Court Panel Throws Out Class Action Over Light Cigarettes In a victory for the tobacco industry, a federal appeals court threw out on Thursday an $800 billion class-action lawsuit on behalf of smokers who said they had been misled that light cigarettes were safer than regular ones. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Top 10: Moto split, Mac hack, Microsoft secrets Conferences this week put the spotlight on security news with a MacBook Air being hacked in two minutes during a competition and research finding that Microsoft patches holes faster than Apple. Otherwise, H-1B visas were back in the news, word seeped out that Microsof Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Time Warner to split AOL Internet business Time Warner plans to split up the Internet access and audience businesses of its AOL segment to run them each independently, Time Warner CEO and President Jeff Bewkes revealed Wednesday.The move comes as little Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Former Health Officials Oppose Menthol Seven former health secretaries protested menthol’s special treatment in a tobacco bill pending in Congress. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Former Health Officials Oppose Menthol Seven former health secretaries protested menthol’s special treatment in a tobacco bill pending in Congress. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Study Finds Manipulation of Menthol Levels A Harvard study claims the tobacco industry in recent years has manipulated menthol levels to appeal to younger smokers. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Study Finds Manipulation of Menthol Levels A Harvard study claims the tobacco industry in recent years has manipulated menthol levels to appeal to younger smokers. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Menthol Dose Manipulated, Study Says A Harvard study claims the tobacco industry in recent years has manipulated menthol levels to appeal to younger smokers. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Genetic Trait Boosts AIDS Risks in Blacks - Washington Post BBC NewsGenetic Trait Boosts AIDS Risks in BlacksWashington Post - 3 hours agoBy Randy Dotinga WEDNESDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that people of African descent are much more likely to have a genetic trait that makes them more susceptible to i Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pot a Bigger Cancer Threat Than Cigarettes New Zealand researchers say smoking one joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Bond insurer FGIC plans to split in two - Reuters SabahBond insurer FGIC plans to split in twoReuters - 1 hour agoBy Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters) - FGIC Corp, a bond insurer that has lost its top credit ratings, has told New York regulators it wants to split into two companies, a spokesman for the state insurance r Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Report: Ambac in Talks to Split Itself Up - TheStreet.com SabahReport: Ambac in Talks to Split Itself UpTheStreet.com - 1 hour agoAmbac FinancialABK is in talks to split itself in two in order to protect the high credit ratings of municipal bonds it insures, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing a person familiar wi Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Security firms split over Phorm classification Pushing onto the borderline Security firms are split about whether they will classify Phorm's targeting cookies as adware.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Obama, Clinton Split Guam Delegates Sen. Barack Obama "won the Democratic caucuses on Guam by seven votes over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, less than 0.2 percent of the vote in a spirited election that required an overnight hand count of the ballots," the Associated Press reports."The result means the candidates will sp Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Ron Paul literature ranted against blacks, gays A series of newsletters in the name of GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul contain several racist remarks -- including one that says order was restored to Los Angeles after the 1992 riots when blacks went "to pick up their welfare checks." Paul told CNN's "The Situation Room" Thursday that he didn't w Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |