Word: lungfuls
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...presidential contender, in a helicopter crash; in Siberia. An Afghan war veteran, Lebed protected Boris Yeltsin during the hard-liners' coup in 1991, ended bloodshed in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region in July 1992 and signed the peace accord that ended the first Chechen war, in August 1996. DIED. LUNG SI-HUNG, 72, known for his portrayal of the master-chef dad in the 1994 Taiwanese hit, Eat Drink Man Woman; in Taipei. Lung achieved international acclaim for his roles in Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, all helmed by Oscar-nominated director...
DIED. RUTH FERTEL, 75, who as a divorced mother with no business experience mortgaged her home to buy a steak house that spawned a $330 million-a-year worldwide chain, Ruth's Chris Steak House; of lung cancer; in New Orleans...
Worse yet, most plaintiffs in these cases are not sick—they exhibit some lung damage that comes with age or smoking, but is difficult to separate from harmful asbestos exposure. Claimants like these, unlike the truly sick who most often seek out their lawsuits, are rounded up in mass screenings by lawyers looking to add to the roles of plaintiffs; after all, such lawyers take 25 to 40 percent of the damages. In a sadistic twist, these kind of lawsuits prevent the truly sick from being compensated and having their care paid for, because the corporations that made...
...with either nicotine gum or patches. Some of his patients found they either were too expensive or didn't pack enough of a punch. Still, Harper says, "there may be some advantage to the lollipop. It may work faster than gum." Experts suspect the pops probably won't cause lung cancer, but heart disease can't be ruled...
...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...