Philip Morris Knew of Passive Smoke Danger in 1982
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Philip Morris, one of the nation&#39;s biggest manufacturers of tobacco products, conducted a study in 1982 that revealed the dangers of passive smoking.
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A former tobacco industry executive testified Wednesday that top cigarette makers for years have chosen not to make their products safer despite knowing how to.
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Philip Morris USA, a division of Manhattan&#39;s Altria Group and the largest US maker of cigarettes, announced Friday that it will cut discounts on its Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Basic and Parliament brands--the first time in two years the company has
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Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA has initiated a long-awaited increase in cigarette prices, providing what some analysts consider the first sign of life in the U.S. cigarette market since 2002.
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Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke  in bars and restaurants can result in measurable levels of a  toxin in workers&#39; bodies that is known to cause lung cancer,  U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Philip Morris plans to introduce two shorter Marlboros to appeal to people who want a quicker smoke. Marlboro Reds and Lights that are a half-inch shorter than the regular versions will be shipped starting Jan.
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(InfoWorld) - Where there's smoke, there's a door. A U.K. security company is warning that smokers may impact IT security, leaving open doors that could let in intruders who could abuse a company's network. It may sound slightly far-fetched. But a penetration tester from NTA Monitor, a company based in Rochester, England, gained access to a professional services company outside London that way, said Roy Hills, technical director. The company hired NTA to test if it was possible to get inside the premises without proper identification, Hills said. The penetration tester waited until the smokers finished their break, then slipped in through the unlocked door, which wasn't the main one but publicly accessible. The tester -- who skirted past other employees by saying the IT department had sent him -- made his way to a meeting room, where he hooked up his laptop to the company's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) network, Hills said. The tester could have launched a denial-of-service attack or intercepted phone calls. However, the VOIP network was segregated from the company's data network, a wise precaution IT managers can take, Hills said. "It's much more dangerous if you can get on to the data network, copy data and be gone," Hills said. Regulations that create smoke-free buildings or zones in some areas of the U.S. and Europe have driven smokers outside. In the U.K., a ban on smoking in buildings and facilities used by the public will come into effect in April in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in July in England. Scotland banned public smoking in March 2006. The ban includes smoking in train stations, restaurants and pubs, among other places.
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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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Children exposed to passive smoking have  a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than  other youngsters, according to new research.
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PEOPLE in the North-East are unaware of the multitude of poisonous chemicals found in cigarette smoke, according to a survey released by Cancer Research UK yesterday.   Smoke from cigarettes contains some 4,000 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer.
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TORONTO - Nov. 1, 2004 â-mployers who banned smoking in the workplace in 1980s and 1990s usually did so to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke.
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About 100,000 Chinese die annually from diseases associated with passive smoking while more than half a billion on the mainland suffer from the smoke exhaled from cigarettes, according to the Xinhua news agency.
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For years, anyone needing a  nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to  light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only  had to open their mouth and inhale.
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Children regularly exposed to passive smoke are up to three times more likely to get lung cancer, researchers say.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Tobacco companies were working as recently as three years ago to contradict research that strengthened the scientific link between smoking and cancer, a new report based on industry documents claims.
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Smoking has long been known to cause cancer, heart disease, impotence and so on -- now, damage to your IQ can be added to the list.
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BERLIN/PARIS  - For years, anyone needing a nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only had to open their mouth and inhale.