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		<title>The Tobacco Holocaust: Actions to Take for a Tobacco-Free World</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/09/23/the-tobacco-holocaust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/09/23/the-tobacco-holocaust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erin_legg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr. michael rabinoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic effects of smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elite books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ending the tobacco holocaust: how big tobacco affects our health pocketbook and political freedom and what we can do about it]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Rabinoff is the author of the award-winning book Ending the Tobacco Holocaust: How Big Tobacco Affects Our Health, Pocketbook, and Political Freedom—And What We Can Do About It (Elite Books). In this book, Dr. Rabinoff offers readers great detail on every aspect of the tobacco industry as well as how we can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Women and Girls Aren&#8217;t Pretty in Pink</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/06/01/targeting-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/06/01/targeting-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big tobacco ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deaths from secondhand smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flavored cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink cigarettes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[world health organization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This last month WHO, the World Health Organization focused more attention on tobacco ads that target women and girls. Females represent a large market of potential new smokers, especially woman and young females in developing countries. Take a look at many of the new Big Tobacco&#8217;s aggressive campaigns and ads. You will find them linked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Rescinds Guidance On Cigarette Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cambridge filter method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal trade commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national cancer institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pamela jones harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philip morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senator frank lautenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tar in cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco companies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking-Related Illnesses Come with Significant Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/10/10/smoking-related-illnesses-costly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/10/10/smoking-related-illnesses-costly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Related Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic bronchitis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cigarette chemicals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smoking risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco habit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicotine dependence is the physical vulnerability to the chemical nicotine, which is potently addicting when delivered by various tobacco products. Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains thousands of chemicals, including nicotine. Being addicted to tobacco brings a host of health problems related to the substances in tobacco smoke. These effects include damage to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Cites, Fines Vector Tobacco for Pesticide Misuse and Safety Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/29/epa-cites-fines-vector-tobacco-for-pesticide-misuse-and-safety-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/29/epa-cites-fines-vector-tobacco-for-pesticide-misuse-and-safety-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epa and tobacco fines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honolulu newspaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco growers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Vector Tobacco Inc. $65,040 for allegedly misusing six pesticides and failing to comply with federal pesticide worker safety laws, the EPA announced today. Vector Tobacco, a subsidiary of Vector Tobacco Group of Durham, NC, allegedly misused six pesticides during their application at its agricultural research facility in Kekaha, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Companies Alter Cigarettes to Keep You Smoking</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/14/tobacco-companies-keep-you-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/14/tobacco-companies-keep-you-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicotine Addiciton Dependence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freebase nicotine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[american lung association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical dopamine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers of smoking tobacco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national institute of drug abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nicotine in cigarettes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quit smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco addiction]]></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>New Report on Global Tobacco Control Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/03/05/new-report-on-global-tobacco-control-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/03/05/new-report-on-global-tobacco-control-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers of smoking tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayor michael bloomberg]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/03/05/new-report-on-global-tobacco-control-efforts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8212; WHO today released new data concerning tobacco control. The data show that while progress has been made, not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures, and outlined an approach that governments can adopt to prevent tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century. In a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teens Anti-Smoking Group: Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/04/reality-check-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/04/reality-check-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reality Check is a proactive group of New York Teens who refuse to allow the tobacco industry to continuously manipulate teens into smoking. They expose the shady practices of the major companies that sell marlboro, newport, camel, kool, and every other brand of cigarettes that is advertised to teens. At their website they state: &#8220;It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Harvester&#8217;s Rights: Tobacco&#8217;s Other Victims</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/27/tobacco-harvester-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/27/tobacco-harvester-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/27/harvesters-tobacco%e2%80%99s-other-victims/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideally, tobacco should be outlawed. But as long as people continue to use the deadly stuff, those who harvest it for the great profit of tobacco companies deserve far better than the miserable pay and working conditions imposed on them. &#8220;Miserable&#8221; is not an exaggeration. Consider North Carolina, the country&#8217;s leading tobacco producer. The state&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Industry Puts Profits Before Kids in Defeating Oregon Ballot Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/tobacco-industry-puts-profits-before-kids-in-defeating-oregon-ballot-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/tobacco-industry-puts-profits-before-kids-in-defeating-oregon-ballot-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti tobacco campaigns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/tobacco-industry-puts-profits-before-kids-in-defeating-oregon-ballot-initiative/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement of William V. Corr, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tobacco or Kids? Who has values? Washington, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; By telling $12 million worth of lies, the Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds tobacco companies have again protected their profits at the expense of children. By defeating a ballot initiative to increase Oregon&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measure 50 Fails in Oregon</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/measure-50-fails-in-oregon-huge-sigh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/measure-50-fails-in-oregon-huge-sigh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/07/measure-50-fails-in-oregon-huge-sigh/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Measure 50 would have raised the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 85 cents to pay for children&#8217;s health care and other programs in Oregon. Don&#8217;t let this failure for the health of Oregon&#8217;s children lead you to believe that Big Tobacco will always win. There will always be web sites like Ciggyfree to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You &#8216;For Sale&#8217; on Measure 50 in Oregon</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/03/are-you-for-sale-on-measure-50-oohrah-oregon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/03/are-you-for-sale-on-measure-50-oohrah-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/03/are-you-for-sale-on-measure-50-oohrah-oregon/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Tobacco is sweating this one out after poison-nicotine profits supply $12 millions for subverting Oregon voters. That old cliche &#8220;The nation&#8217;s eyes are on you&#8221; is quite literally true for Tuesday&#8217;s vote.  Big Tobacco has been forced to wreak out the largest bribe-run of political-ad monies in Oregon&#8217;s history, with $12 millions already spent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send the Carpetbaggers Home: Vote Yes on 50</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/25/send-the-carpetbaggers-home-vote-yes-on-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/25/send-the-carpetbaggers-home-vote-yes-on-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salem Oregon &#8211; What was it Deep Throat said during the Watergate fiasco? &#8220;Follow the money.&#8221; When we do so today in the Measure 50 debate what do we find? We find the anti-50 side has shattered all records for spending&#8230; over $10 million and still going strong&#8230; 99.999% of which comes from three out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reynolds American Adds $304,000 to Fight Oregon Measure 50</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/24/reynolds-american-adds-304000-to-fight-oregon-measure-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/24/reynolds-american-adds-304000-to-fight-oregon-measure-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Hogan from The Oregonian reported today that: Reynolds American, the makers of Camel cigarettes, has contributed another $304,000 to the record-setting campaign against Measure 50, which would raise Oregon&#8217;s cigarette tax by 85 cents a pack.&#8221; Reynolds, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has now contributed $4.6 million to the Oregonians Against The Blank Check campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Magazines Should &#8216;Drop&#8217; Camel No. 9 Cigarette Ads</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/12/womens-magazines-should-drop-camel-no-9-cigarette-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/12/womens-magazines-should-drop-camel-no-9-cigarette-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a &#8220;big disappointment&#8221; that R J Reynolds has &#8220;found an ally&#8221; in some women&#8217;s magazines, which have &#8220;sold out the well-being of their readers&#8221; by publishing Camel No. 9 cigarette advertisements, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) writes in a Washington Post opinion piece. Reynolds in February launched the brand, which several public health organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan Takes Steps Toward Preventing a Tobacco Epidemic</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/08/pakistan-ratifies-global-tobacco-treaty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/08/pakistan-ratifies-global-tobacco-treaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is one of 146 countries that have ratified the global tobacco treaty. By taking this measure the country is making a great step forward in protecting the health and lives of its citizens from the tobacco epidemic. Many countries around the world are seeing an increase is disease and death related to tobacco smoking. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Industry Marketing in Indiana Tops 239 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/03/indiana-tobacco-industry-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/03/indiana-tobacco-industry-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While cigarette companies are subtle in their approach, they have aggressive intentions. The tobacco industry spends an estimated $239 million annually for marketing in Indiana alone. This is a lot of money, perhaps it is because they need to find replacement smokers, because their loyal customers are dying every day. ~ Our View &#8211; IndyStar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prediction of a Manmade Pandemic</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/24/thought-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/24/thought-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tobacco is fast becoming a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease,&#8221; says the WHO. John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society, has an even bleaker outlook. &#8220;We&#8217;re about to witness the largest manmade, tobacco-industry-induced pandemic that the world has ever seen.&#8221; Definition of Pandemic from Wikipedia: A pandemic (from Greek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Industry Efforts to Derail Effective Anti-Smoking Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/07/13/tobacco-industry-efforts-to-derail-effective-anti-smoking-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/07/13/tobacco-industry-efforts-to-derail-effective-anti-smoking-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-smoking ads that reveal the tobacco industry&#8217;s deceptive practices have been aggressively quashed through various methods found Temple University Assistant Professor Jennifer K. Ibrahim, co-author of an analysis in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health. In the article, Ibrahim tracks the rise and fall of state and national efforts to curb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware Corporate Wolves In Consumer Watchdog Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/04/09/beware-corporate-wolves-in-consumer-watchdog-clothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/04/09/beware-corporate-wolves-in-consumer-watchdog-clothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The so-called Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is at it again. This time, it&#8217;s not the American Medical Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving they&#8217;re after. Instead, it&#8217;s the Physicians&#8217; Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The PCRM is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, proper nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. So why is something calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Smoke With This Man&#8217;s Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/03/15/no-smoke-with-this-mans-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/03/15/no-smoke-with-this-mans-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AS THESE things go, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to cure the world of smoking&#8221; is up there with the world&#8217;s best catchphrases. These words were uttered by Allen Carr on July 15, 1983, the day when he stubbed out his last cigarette. Convinced he had discovered a method based mainly on the logical reasons smokers need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those Who Don&#8217;t Know History&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/02/28/those-who-dont-know-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/02/28/those-who-dont-know-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GareK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on my high horse today about Big Tobacco trying to squirm out of facing responsibility for killing people. I do recognize my own responsibility of making the initial choice to try a sickarette. But I also feel it&#8217;s appropriate for BT to accept its role in making sure people stay &#8220;life long customers&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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