Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "[E]asy access to cigarettes and other tobacco products encourages children to use these products and risk becoming addicted...
...Gore '69, at the Democratic National Convention, waged the war against tobacco, using his sister's death from lung cancer to illustrate the point. But Gore didn't tell you that he accepted money from tobacco companies for two years after his sister's death while delivering speeches in his home state espousing tobacco as the economic pride of Tennessee. Gore later explained that it took him two years to fully appreciate the impact of his sister's death and realize he must oppose tobacco...
...TOBACCO FASHIONS: VENI, BIDI, VICI...
...bidi). About half the diameter of regular cigarettes and hand rolled in tendu (Indian ebony leaves), they look slightly like microcigars. Beedies, however, pack a much more powerful punch: up to 8% nicotine, versus the 1% to 2% in American cigarettes. The imports are composed of a species of tobacco different from that most commonly used by U.S. manufacturers. They also come in flavors: clove, menthol and even strawberry. Popular brands include Mangalore Ganesh and Kailas. Despite the buzz that beedies deliver, FDA analysis finds they contain no hallucinogens. Says Suresh Ralapati, a native of India and a tobacco scientist...
...workers have medical training, few provide clinical services. Most assist ailing neighbors in practical ways: by arranging rides to doctors, advising caregivers with dependent family members, or helping elderly or illiterate persons wade through complex paperwork to receive Medicare or Social Security benefits. Some may warn about addiction to tobacco or other drugs, or organize congregation members to phone homebound neighbors and drop by if the call isn't answered. Performing these services is within the capability of every church, synagogue and mosque in America...