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Second-hand smoke is a killer. It contains over 40 different known carcinogens and has been shown by the Association for Research on Cancer to be a direct cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace increases one’s risk of developing lung cancer by 16 to 19 percent, and estimates by the National Cancer Institute indicate that in America over twice as many people die every year as a result of second-hand smoke as do from AIDS...
...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...
...international markets. Mississippi's economic development is based on more than simply gambling and Worldcom. The University of Mississippi may be best remembered for the battle over James Meredith's admission in 1962, but it has since been the venue of the world's first human heart and lung transplants. The last Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg today houses the world's largest hydraulic research institute. In a state where black people were once forced to ride at the back of the bus, today they can be found testing NASA's space shuttle engines manufactured at Bay St. Louis. And some...
DIED. GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 75, last press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson; of lung cancer; in Austin, Texas. Johnson called Christian--a loyal, easygoing fellow Texan--"unflappable George," while others labeled him a yes-man. Still, he won admiration for his evenhanded treatment of reporters, whether friend...
...It’s like breathing with one lung through a wet towel,” he says...