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A single "Anti-smoking Nazi" forces a change to the script.
Italy: a stunned Italian actor had to stub out the cigarette he had lit up on stage after a spectator complained, forcing the theater to change the script of an Arthur Miller play to make it smoke-free.
The lady-fustigator was sitting in the second row of the parterre at the Teatro Toniolo of Mestre ( Venice ), when at a certain point, she addressed the actor on the stage who - following the script - was holding a cigarette between his lips.
"Put out that cigarettes", shouted the woman, totally insensitive to the requirements of the performance. Continue
Posted in All News, Health / Science, Notizie dall'azienda and Top Stories | 0 CommentsA nicotine vaccine, a ray of hope for millions of smokers wanting to quit, has come one step closer to reality. Continue
Posted in All News | 0 CommentsMANILA, Asia Pulse - Chris Nelson, managing director of Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc., has called for the enactment into law of the measure seeking to strengthen the Tariff and Customs Code and make it more difficult for smuggling to continue. Continue
Posted in All News | 0 CommentsThe tobacco giant's device, invented years ago in secret, could be a boon for addicted smokers.
Cigarette maker Philip Morris has developed an inhaler that could deliver a nicotine mist deep into the lungs, giving smokers a satisfying dose of the addictive drug without the carcinogens, gases and toxic metals that make tobacco smoke so dangerous. But the project appears to have stalled.
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| The tobacco giant’s device, called "Aria", was invented years ago in secret |
Cloaked in secrecy, the device was invented nearly a dozen years ago at a time the tobacco industry was vigorously denying that nicotine was addictive, internal company documents show.
It was part of an effort by the top cigarette maker to explore the possibility of offering a "clean" form of nicotine to those who can’t or won’t quit.
"The cigarette manufacturers don’t want to kill their customers," said Kenneth Warner, dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
"That’s simply an unfortunate side effect of use of the product." Continue
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