Archive for August, 2005

Nicotine exposure can increase motivation to respond for food weeks after the last exposure

New Haven, Conn.- A new study by Yale researchers shows that prior nicotine exposure in mice can increase their motivation to respond work for food, weeks after their last exposure to nicotine, a finding that runs counter to the popular belief that nicotine exposure curbs appetite. Continue

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University Asks to Intervene on Secret Documents

The University of California has asked Judge Kessler to be allowed to file a brief on issues surrounding public access to tobacco industry documents, since ?public disclosure of documents? is one of the remedies requested by the DOJ (Section V. F. of DOJ?s Final Proposed Findings of Fact). Continue

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Top Story N. 37: Yesmoke Breaks the Cuban Embargo

Big Tobacco always finds the way to migrate - everywhere...

Last July, the Marlboro cigarettes of the Yesmoke site began migrating to Cuba, where this top American brand is omnipresent, as it is everywhere in the world.

Cuban Marlboro FlagYesmoke had purchased the cigarettes on the parallel market, that same market that is highly criticised but is perfectly legal and actively bankrolled by the manufacturers.

Actually, it appears that some of the goods on this commercial channel are systematically detoured to the smuggling market, and here we are talking about real smuggling ... that must not be confused with online cigarette sales accompanied by regular customs declarations.

"What can we do with these 20 million packets? We would like to sell them wholesale but what if they fall into the hands of smugglers?"

--This was one of the questions Yesmoke addressed some months ago to the OLAF, the new European anti-smuggling police force and to Philip Morris, OLAF’s new "outside collaborator".

"Sell them to anyone you want, that’s your right" was the unanimous answer. Continue

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Appeals court says magistrate can order woman not to smoke around her children

ASHLAND -- A state appeals court has ruled that a divorce court magistrate can order a woman not to smoke in the presence of her children. Continue

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Tobacco Sales to Minors Soar in SBC

Thirty-three percent of all San Benito County retailers who carry tobacco products are selling them to minors, compared to a statewide average of 10 percent, according to a recent study released by the county Health and Human Services Agency. Continue

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