- November 18, 2008 • 9:02 am PST
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SOURCES American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation; Centers for Disease Control

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It's a weird point in time when a doctor can prescribe you a really awesome but federally-illegal drug that causes your health insurance to skyrocket.
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A look at the science behind addiction to cigarettes and nicotine cravings.

Ten steps to stopping, starting, and stopping smoking.

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After much gnashing of teeth, the U.S. Census Bureau won't be using statistical sampling in their findings this year. This means that the...

This We Know is a new site with a grand goal: to synthesize all public government data into a single semantic web application. They've got a way...
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This cigarette is not yet rated.

GOOD asks author and architect John Kriken about the gap between dense, urban living and the American Dream.

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In the battle between bonbons and tobacco, anti-obesity is the new anti-smoking, insofar as teens and public health campaigns are concerned. The...

College military recruitment is up. The recession is to blame, but so is the lack of a palpable anti-war movement.
In the pilot of AMC's hit drama Mad Men, the ad men of Cooper-Sterling are challenged with designing a campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes...

A new study says the image of a burning cigarette is quite appealing to your average smoker, even if that cigarette has a red line through it.
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