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Teen girls who smoke risk breast cancer

July 11th, 2008
Canadian Press Friday, October 04, 2002 TORONTO (CP) -- People trying to keep teenage girls from taking up smoking may have a helping hand. A team of Canadian researchers is reporting that women who begin...
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Compensated for tobacco smoke exposure

July 11th, 2008
OTTAWA CITIZEN Ottawa woman diagnosed with terminal lung cancer Lee Greenberg, Aaron Sands and Elaine O'Connor, with files from Joanne Laucius The Ottawa Citizen   Thursday, October 10, 2002...
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Second-hand smoke case may spark more claims

July 11th, 2008
POSTED AT 8:21 PM EDT    Thursday, October 10 By VIRGINIA GALT and WALLACE IMMEN From Friday's Globe and Mail Workers' compensation boards can expect more claims for diseases linked...
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Ottawa woman the new face of anti-tobacco ads

July 11th, 2008
Non-smoking former waitress's story latest phase of Health Canada blitz Tom Spears, The Ottawa Citizen, Friday, October 11, 2002 "My doctors told me I had a smoker's tumour, and therefore I'm dying,...
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Saskatchewan will defend Tobacco Control Act

July 11th, 2008
Tobacco company to appeal Sask. law restricting cigarette advertising Canadian Press, Friday, October 11, 2002 REGINA (CP) - A major tobacco company is appealing a court decision that upheld the Saskatchewan...
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WHO boss says tobacco firms trying to derail treaty

July 11th, 2008
15 Oct 2002 14:58 WHO boss says tobacco firms trying to derail treaty By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) accused big tobacco firms...
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Employers must help addicts kick the habit

July 11th, 2008
Employers must help addicts kick the habit By SHAFIQ QAADRI Special to The Globe and Mail Wednesday, October 16, 2002 – Print Edition, Page C1 Twenty years ago, every desk came...
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Disappointing Results for Cancer Drug

July 11th, 2008
Disappointing Results for Cancer Drug By Emma Ross AP Medical Writer Monday, October 21, 2002; 1:47 PM NICE, France –– An experimental drug that targets cancer in an entirely new way has...
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Pot as Tough on Lungs as Tobacco

July 11th, 2008
Pot as Tough on Lungs as Tobacco Today's Cannabis Stronger, With More Carcinogens, Than in the 1960s By Jeanie Davis WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD Nov. 12, 2002 -- Strong words...
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Hot Tub Lung

July 11th, 2008
Hot Tub Lung Source: Mayo Clinic Date: 11/13/2002 Mayo Clinic Physicians Look For Cause Of "Hot Tub Lung" ROCHESTER, Minn. -- As the number of hot tubs in the United States continues to grow, physicians are...
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