Word: emphysema
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...reasonable argument made to justify high cigarette taxes is that the negative health repercussions of smoking, even if they were suffered entirely by the smoker, such as increased rates of lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease, are often borne by society as publicly funded medical costs. This is an example of what economists call a negative consumption externality; the smoker doesn’t pay the entire cost of his habit because he might not cover his increased medical expenses through higher private insurance premiums. The classic solution to this negative externality is to impose a tax that erases...
...showers without getting sick. Studies show that nearly half of NTM patients are also genetically predisposed to lung infections. Some have inherited one of the genes for cystic fibrosis. Others have a defective alpha-1 anti-trypsin gene, a condition that has been linked to a high risk of emphysema. Perhaps it is a combination of bad genes and bad luck that is making people sick...
DIED. NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE, 71, French-born model and self-taught artist best known for her colorful papier-mache sculptures of huge, voluptuous women, called nanas, a French term akin to "broad"; after battling emphysema and asthma; in La Jolla, Calif. A member, with Christo, of the Nouveaux Realistes, she first won fame in the early 1960s for her "shooting" pieces, for which she would fire a gun at her sculptures and paintings in galleries. Among her most famous installations is the Tarot Garden--a park in Garavicchio, Italy, featuring 22 monumental pieces inspired by tarot card characters...
DIED. JOHN AGAR, 81, Air Force sergeant, actor and, briefly, husband to Shirley Temple; of emphysema; in Burbank, Calif. Agar was 24 when a friend enlisted him in 1945 to escort Temple, then 16, to a party. The two married and three years later had a daughter, but Agar's drinking led his wife to file for divorce in 1949. He appeared with Temple in John Ford's cavalry classic Fort Apache and went on to a film career that included westerns, war films and a host of grade-B horror flicks, including Revenge of the Creature and The Brain...
...time, the rich, hearty smoke of tobacco promised more than just fatal diseases like emphysema and lung cancer. It guaranteed sophistication, sex appeal and even longevity. Although cigarettes are not as appealing to the American public as they once were, cigarette taxes certainly are. All 50 states have passed taxes on cigarettes. Despite these taxes, 48 million Americans—many of them poor—still smoke today, and politicians are eager to help them light...