For over four decades the tobacco industry has used machine testing approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to measure tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes. But in a 4-0 vote, the FTC has now shunned the tests, known as the Cambridge Filter Method, rescinding guidance it established 42 years ago. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) found that cigarette design … [Read more...] about FTC Rescinds Guidance On Cigarette Testing
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Let’s Not Waste Another 12 Years
The federal government regulates everything from breakfast cereal and hair dye to horse feed and breast implants. The list of items regulated by our government includes just about every consumable product in America from prescription drugs to vegetables. But there's one item strangely absent from the list, the one that causes more preventable deaths than any other product. A … [Read more...] about Let’s Not Waste Another 12 Years
Red Meat, May Encourage Cancer
We have shared in previous articles that red meat can make cigarettes taste better to some people. However, joggers--put down the hog head cheese. A new study of half a million people from the National Cancer Institute finds that red and processed meat not only promotes colon cancer--which everyone knew--but esophagus, liver, lung and pancreas cancer! Grilled meat, the … [Read more...] about Red Meat, May Encourage Cancer
Free Nicotine Patches Plus Phone Counseling Prompts More Smokers to Quit
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 30 Smoking cessation rates doubled when quit-line callers were given free nicotine patches in addition to counseling, researchers found. Calls to a smoking cessation hotline increased 112% when, in addition to a 30-minute telephone counseling session, callers were given a two-week supply of transdermal nicotine patches, said Jeffrey Fellows, Ph.D., … [Read more...] about Free Nicotine Patches Plus Phone Counseling Prompts More Smokers to Quit
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