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...China. But the tobacco industry abhors a vacuum, and in recent years, industry players - principally London-based British American Tobacco, Switzerland-based Philip Morris International and the U.K.'s Imperial Tobacco - have been working hard to fill it. "We've done this before," says Allan Brandt, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of The Cigarette Century. "When something gets regulated here, we move the risk offshore." Says Michael Eriksen, a former policy adviser for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Africa is in play." (See how many people smoke around the world...
...Haas also revealed new information at the press conference today, noting that Gates' home had previously been broken into, before the arrest, while the professor was away. He said that he was not exactly sure when the break-in took place, and that it had been investigated by Harvard University Police Department...
Tensions surrounding last week's arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. escalated sharply Wednesday, with the officer involved unequivocally denying any wrongdoing while Gates forcefully called for an apology and U.S. President Barack Obama chastised Cambridge police on national television for arresting the professor."I think [the officer] owes me an apology for what he did," Gates told a Boston television reporter Tuesday night. "He should look into his heart and know that he is not telling the truth and he should beg my forgiveness." Gates has raised the possibility of filing a lawsuit over the arrest.Obama...
Cambridge Police Department Commissioner Robert C. Haas announced at a press conference this afternoon that the Department would be assembling a panel of "independent notable professionals" in coming days to review and analyze the controversial arrest of black Harvard Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. at his own home last Thursday...
...Gates and his lawyer have said that the professor cooperated fully, providing both his Harvard identification and a drivers license to prove he lived in the home. They said the officer refused to identify himself and lured Gates out of the home to arrest...