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  • “Public safety is of the utmost importance to us.”
    Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Grand Chief Tim Thompson, on the deadly car crash involving a cigarette smuggler.
    » Three killed in Cornwall Island tragedy , [Cornwall, Ont] Standard Freeholder (ca) (Monday, November 17, 2008)
  • “If soldiers are sacrificing for us, one of our responsibilities is to ensure that once they return to the United States, they have all the opportunities to succeed. If we condone a deadly habit like smoking, we are failing in that responsibility.”
    Dr. Michael Fiore, a veteran and head of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in a new presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians. Fiore's program for military personnel is at http://www.ctri.wisc.edu; the VA's cessation site is at http://www.publichealth.va.gov/smoking.
    » Smoking poses health threat on all fronts for soldiers, Chicago (IL) Daily Herald (Tuesday, November 11, 2008)
  • “This is the strongest study yet done of the effect of smoking bans on heart attacks. You can no longer argue that these declines would have occurred simply due to medical treatment.”
    Dr. Michael Siegel, a Boston University School of Public Health specialist in tobacco control who has been a critic of some antismoking laws and of previous research.
    » Smoking ban tied to a gain in lives, Boston (MA) Globe (Wednesday, November 12, 2008)
  • “It's not a duck, and it's not a goose. We don't know what it is.”
    Fund trustee Miles McGrane III, on the $580 million trust fund being distributed to members of the former Engle class. The Justice Department is involved in talks with several attorneys in an effort to collect federal income tax and Medicare money from the fund.
    » Justice Department Seeks Share of Smokers' $580 Million Trust Fund, Law.com (Friday, November 7, 2008)
  • “No matter what you do, I will not rescind my decision. No cigarette commercials will be broadcast on the MBC.”
    Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) Chairman Waleed Al-Ibrahim, to tobacco companies.
    » MBC rejects SR500m deal for tobacco ads, Arab News (sa) (Sunday, November 9, 2008)
  • “Cigarettes are unreasonably dangerous, and we don't dispute that. The question is whether that alone is a sufficient basis to hold the manufacturer liable.”
    Tobacco lawyer Alvin Davis, after a hearing in the Beverly Davis [no relation] case.
    » Fla. cigarette case could affect other products, AP (Thursday, November 6, 2008)
  • “Purse Packs”
    Packs for Philip Morris' new Virginia Slim "Super Slim" cigarette.
    » Antismoking Groups Flare over Pink Cigarette "Purse Packs", Promo Magazine (Monday, November 3, 2008)
  • “Most anti-smoking messages are no better than adverts for cigarettes.”
    Martin Lindstrom, a 38-year-old advertising sage, on his UK study which attempted to explain why the number of smokers has gone up since the ban on advertising and the introduction of health warnings on cigarette packets. Apparently, when faced with the message “Smoking kills”, our subconscious just cuts straight to the craving.
    » Now the buyer must beware, Times Of London (uk) (Sunday, November 2, 2008)
  • “I'm not scared of the dark. . . . I'm not scared of spiders. . . . I'm not scared of clowns. . . . I'm scared of my mum smoking.”
    New hard-hitting UK TV advert showing a young girl's fears of her mum dying from smoking.
    » Anti-Smoking Campaign Aimed At Parents Launched On Television, Sky News (uk) (Thursday, October 30, 2008)
  • “$5 Men”
    Common name for street peddlers who sell cigarettes obtained from the Poospatuck Reservation for $5/pack, well below the $9 price of regular taxed cigarettes.
    » New York City Fights Poospatuck Reservation's Cigarette Sales, New York Times (Wednesday, October 29, 2008)
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