At the Super Bowl, an Annual Smoke Scene
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500
There are several cigar-related events in Indianapolis this week. On Thursday, the puffing was for a good cause at Super Cigar Lounge IV.
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Oral HPV More Common in Men Than Women
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
About one in 15 Americans is infected with oral human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted virus that causes throat cancers, and the disease is especially common among men, new research shows.
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Nicotine Replacement
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
The director of smoking cessation services at Columbia University Medical Center responds to a news article.
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What’s a Smoker to Do?
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
A former smoker responds to a front-page article about nicotine gum.
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Marijuana Smoking Does Not Harm Lungs, Study Finds
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
A large new government study has found that smoking marijuana on a regular basis, even over many years, does not impair lung function.
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Nicotine Replacement Doesn’t Help Smokers Quit, Study Finds
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
 Nicotine replacements have no lasting benefit in helping smokers quit and may backfire, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date.
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New York Real Estate Question & Answer
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
Benefits of buying from a sponsor; acquiring portions of a common area; a smoking ban in a co-op building.
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Striking on the Modern Matchbook
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
 What prompted Joshua Pusey, a lawyer and the inventor of the modern toboggan, to patent a folded piece of cardboard carrying matches and a striker?
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WHO MADE THAT?; Who Made That? (Matchbook)
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
Matchbooks were invented by lawyer and inventor John Pusey in 1892 and quickly became a valued advertising tool. Diagram
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New Year’s Resolutions, Recycled, Are a Boon for Business
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500
The self-improvement industry thrives on New Year’s resolutions gone awry. After all, if you don’t lose those pounds or stop smoking this year, you’ll probably try again in 2013.
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Smoke-Free Housing
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500
The New York City Coalition for a Smoke-Free City responds to a news article.
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CITY ROOM; 2 Low-Cost Cigarette Shops Bow to City and Will Close
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500
Two New York City stores have agreed to stop selling roll-your-own cigarettes after they are accused by city attorneys of being fronts for evading cigarette taxes; store owners had argued that because they sold loose tobacco, they should not be subject to full state and city cigarette taxes, which can nearly double the price of a pack of cigarettes.
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Public Housing Authorities Increasingly Ban Indoor Smoking
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500
 Largely in response to the risks posed to nonsmokers by secondhand smoke, indoor smoking bans are being adopted nationwide, affecting hundreds of thousands of public housing tenants.
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Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones While Driving
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500
 In an emotional call for states to ban all phone use by drivers, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board compared the deadly habit to smoking.
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Victor J. DeNoble Guides ‘Addiction Incorporated’ - Review
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500
 In “Addiction Incorporated,” the whistle-blower Victor DeNoble brightens the depressing history of tobacco-industry deception over addiction to cigarettes.
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