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		<title>Dissolvable Tobacco Products Especially Appealing to Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/12/02/dissolvable-tobacco-product/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicotine Addiciton Dependence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consumer demand for cigarettes has been decreasing, and Big Tobacco companies are looking to fill these sales gaps with cigarette alternative products. This includes cigars, chew, snuff, and nicotine replacements. As the dangers of second-hand smoke becomes more prevalent, most areas have in place smoking bans in public places. Big Tobacco companies are seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big 5 Tobacco File Lawsuit to Fight New Warning Labels</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/11/04/big-tobacco-fights-warning-labels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/11/04/big-tobacco-fights-warning-labels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erin_legg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 22, 2012, all cigarette packaging and advertising must display one of the FDAs 9 pre-approved graphic and text health warnings. These labels are designed to discourage youths from smoking and to provide greater appeal for quitting to current smokers. However, on September 21, 2011 a hearing was held in U.S. Federal District Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Users of Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix Experience Increased Aggressive Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/04/21/chantix-increased-aggressive-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/04/21/chantix-increased-aggressive-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erin_legg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2902</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over two million people attempt to quit smoking each year in the United States. Popular methods of quitting include using smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine replacement products or anti-nicotine medications. Common effects of smoking cessation include increased levels of irritability and anxiety as the body adjusts to the lack of nicotine. One common smoking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting Up While Driving Can Be Costly</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/15/smoking-while-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/15/smoking-while-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette toxins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s tobacco news was filled with history making reports about congress signing off on regulation of tobacco by the FDA. Many opinions are floating around. Some are in favor of it, while others are against the bill. Then there are those who like the idea but have concerns over the vast loopholes in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will New FDA Regulations Backfire and Lend Big Tobacco a Hand?</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/03/fda-tobacco-regulation-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/03/fda-tobacco-regulation-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government tobacco regulation has been a topic of discussion for years. Today, the house approved a bill titled, &#8220;Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act&#8221; that would allow the FDA the power to regulate the sale of tobacco products and the ingredients they contain. For instance, tobacco companies would be banned from adding fruity flavors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Expected To Render Stricter FDA Imports Monitoring</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/09/obama-expected-to-render-fda-imports-monitoring-stricter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/09/obama-expected-to-render-fda-imports-monitoring-stricter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[salmonella outbreaks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Barack Obama having been elected the next president of the United States on November 4, Americans are now expecting to see him keep his promise of bringing the change that the nation needs. Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is said to begin to both monitor more closely and to instate stricter regulations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Not Waste Another 12 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/01/lets-not-waste-another-12-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/01/lets-not-waste-another-12-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s one item strangely absent from the list, the one that causes more preventable deaths than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Tied to Serious Mental Illness</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/18/anti-smoking-drug-tied-to-serious-mental-illness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/18/anti-smoking-drug-tied-to-serious-mental-illness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melinda and Kenny Peterson wanted to kick their two-pack-a-day smoking habit. In early January, the Green Bay couple started taking three-month prescriptions of Chantix, a new anti-smoking pill. About six weeks later, they weren&#8217;t smoking at all. But what the Petersons didn&#8217;t know was that as they were weaning themselves off cigarettes, the U.S. Food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future of Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes Uncertain</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/09/future-of-nicotine-levels-in-cigarettes-uncertain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/09/future-of-nicotine-levels-in-cigarettes-uncertain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/09/future-of-nicotine-levels-in-cigarettes-uncertain/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington – The Food and Drug Administration may soon have the ability to regulate sales, distribution and advertising of tobacco products, but it would not be allowed to require removal of nicotine from cigarettes. Nicotine, the most addictive ingredient in a cigarette, increases the level of the dopamine neurotransmitters in the brain. Dopamine controls many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarettes are Carcinogenic Cocktails</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/26/carcinogenic-cocktail-cigarettes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/26/carcinogenic-cocktail-cigarettes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/26/today%e2%80%99s-thoughts-sunday-82607/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cigarettes are carcinogenic cocktails, containing unknown amounts of harmful and addictive substances. Tobacco is a deadly product, period. Congress should give the FDA the authority to regulate it &#8212; and the power to protect our kids.&#8221; The Charlotte Observer, 08/26/2007 There is a lot of controversy over how to regulate Big Tobacco and outlaw all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Attacks Complementary and Alternative Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/04/17/fda-attacks-complementary-and-alternative-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/04/17/fda-attacks-complementary-and-alternative-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/04/17/fda-attacks-complementary-and-alternative-health-care/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taken From: Learning Herbs I just spent three days reading, re-reading, researching and discussing the proposed FDA guidelines for &#8220;Complementary and Alternative Medicine&#8221; with two FDA attorneys. You can download a copy of this proposal for yourself below. When I first heard about this FDA attack on complementary and alternative health care, I considered it [...]]]></description>
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