Ex-FDA chief hit on tobacco crusade
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A lawyer for the tobacco industry Thursday attempted to paint the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration as a man who seized upon a political environment that was hostile to the tobacco industry in order to advance his
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Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg,  an ex-smoker, on Tuesday announced plans to donate $125 million  to help the world stop smoking.
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A20-YEAR veteran of federal drug safety wars sent shock waves through the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry when he told a Senate hearing that regulators are &quot;incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx.
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Cigarette makers on Thursday tried  to portray former Food and Drug Administration chief David  Kessler as a publicity-seeker out to get the industry as he  took the stand as the first witness in the government's $280  billion racketeering suit.
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Dr. David Graham, the Food and Drug Administration scientist who publicly criticized the agency&#39;s approach to drug safety during a congressional hearing last week, said
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The Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and develop a plan to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, the Institute of Medicine urged Thursday.
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After years of falling short, advocates of requiring the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco are again waging that fight in Congress -- and this time, they say, the odds are in their favor. Really.
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WASHINGTON, DCâLong known for his offensive rhetoric from his years as the governor of Maryland, the stateâs comptroller outraged gay-rights advocates and health officials alike this week with comments about the âdangerâ of people with HIV/AIDS
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At a hearing before the US Senate Finance Committee, Dr. David Graham testified that the Food and Drug Administration pressured him to alter findings of a study regarding Merck &amp; Co.
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TORONTO (CP) - Some of Canada&#39;s most influential doctors, health experts and anti-smoking lobbyists will launch a campaign Monday urging Ottawa to strip the tobacco industry of a powerful public relations asset: its public image as a legitimate
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The recent Vioxx withdrawal and testimony from an FDA insider accusing the agency of failing to protect public health are fueling such heightened
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A former tobacco company researcher  told a federal judge on Wednesday he believed he was denied a  promotion in the 1980s over concerns he would testify about the  dangers of smoking in a sick-smoker lawsuit.
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Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the dangers of passive smoking, scientists said on Thursday.
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The European Unionâs future Health Chief Markos Kyprianou has vowed to fight smoking, insisting that cigarettes are one of the greatest evils the European Union should strive to put a stop to.
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WASHINGTON - The nation's biggest tobacco companies worked together for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking, a federal lawyer alleged Tuesday at the start of a civil racketeering trial in which the government seeks a record $280 billion from the industry.    In his opening statement, Justice Department attorney Frank Marine said starting in the 1960s the industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars on organizations set up to counter the growing body of scientific evidence linking smoking to cancer...
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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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Former marketing executive, in a legal battle, accuses the companyâs chief of violating its policies.