How did Marlboro cigarettes, the best-selling brand in the world, ever get so popular in the first place? Was it really the Marlboro Man? Did people just like the taste? What? According to a new study in this month's American Journal of Public Health the secret may well have been "freebase nicotine." Really. For a long time, many cigarette companies used ammonia during … [Read more...] about How Marlboro Became Number One
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Tobacco Companies Alter Cigarettes to Keep You Smoking
A doctor from the American Cancer Society reports on how large tobacco companies keep you smoking. By upping nicotine in cigarettes each year and intensifying the concentration smokers stay addicted. Even though smoking is responsible for one in five deaths in the US, the Tobacco industry has no qualms about using nicotine addiction and dependency to line their pockets. … [Read more...] about Tobacco Companies Alter Cigarettes to Keep You Smoking
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