Philip Morris disputes nicotine study
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The nation's largest cigarette maker is disputing a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that found nicotine in cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years.
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The Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that threw out a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA in a lawsuit that accused the Altria Group Inc. unit of misleading consumers about the risks from smoking "light" cigarettes.
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A lab owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a study charges.
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A U.S. consumer group on Monday accused  Pfizer Inc. of burying a study suggesting its painkiller  Celebrex boosts the risk of heart attack and stroke, a claim  the No. 1 drug maker has denied.
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NEW YORK  - Neither basic nor weekly smoking cessation support offered by primary care practices improve quit rates more than that achieved with nicotine replacement therapy alone, according to study results published in the journal Thorax.
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Although some studies have found that smoking paradoxically improves the outcome after heart attack, this was not the case in a multinational study involving more than 5000 patients, researchers report in the American Journal of Cardiology.
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Health campaigns aimed at persuading teenagers not to smoke are not working, research has suggested.
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RICHMOND - With waning cigarette sales due to concerns about health, smoking bans, and price increases, Philip Morris USA is staking its future in a new research center meant to develop products to reduce the risk of tobacco use.
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The prime minister is asked to explain why he did not declare a holiday with a leading tobacco industry figure
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Top executives at pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a heart risk, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- A large Internet study designed to evaluate the best way to help smokers kick the habit is being sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
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A smoking ban in pubs will not hurt cigarette sales nor reduce the number of people who smoke, according to the UK's biggest tobacco company.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from smokers who said they were misled about the health risks of ÂlightÂ cigarettes.
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BOSTON, Sept. 11 -- Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest cigarette maker, is disputing a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that found that nicotine levels in cigarettes rose about 10 percent from 1998 to 2004.
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NEW YORK  - The tobacco industry for many years claimed that it was unaware of biological evidence that smoking is harmful to health, but that was untrue according to a medical journal report.
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Industry attorneys said Wednesday the public was never purposely lied to about the dangers of smoking, though individual tobacco company officials made mistakes and showed poor  judgment in dismissing evidence of health risks.
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WASHINGTON - A lawyer for the tobacco industry on Wednesday rejected the government's claim that cigarette companies conspired for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking and should forfeit $280 billion generated by the alleged fraud.    To win the case, the government must prove the scheme existed and is likely to continue...