Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pinch may not be all it takes after all. Contrary to popular big leaguer belief, chewing tobacco doesn't really help players relax and thus play better. A new study by the American Dental Association of the 1988 season found that the mean batting average for chewers was .238--ten points lower than that of non-chewers...
...Abner Mikva said the comments were "nothing short of irresponsible, intent on creating a story without any news and alleging a scandal without any basis." Republican colleagues on the panel today appeared to distance themselves from the charges. Rep. Steven Schiff (R-N.M.) said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had a "legitimate interest" in the Branch Davidians because of alleged firearms violations, and Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.), the other co-chairman, said he agreed with a Justice Department finding that cult members -- not agents -- began the deadly fire...
...there are times that I feel very liberal. When I read Jesse Helms' latest comments, for example. (mmm. By his logic, do people who smoke Carolina tobacco deserve lung cancer?) Or when Bob Dole starts ranting about violence in Hollywood. Or when Senator Exon starts pontificating about the dangers of Internet porn. You know. The times when some conservative person or group says or does something utterly idiotic...
...next day the American Medical Association blasted the cigarette industry for "duping" the U.S. public by deliberately hiding the dangers of smoking. The A.M.A. released a detailed review of 8,000 pages of internal documents from Brown & Williamson, the third largest U.S. tobacco company. The memos and reports, going back 30 years, show that company officials privately called nicotine an addictive drug while publicly insisting it was a flavor enhancer, and that the firm withheld research showing that tobacco can cause cancer...
...documents, which were obtained by University of California at San Francisco researchers largely through anonymous sources, have already been publicized over the past year. But doctors hope repetition will arouse the public to demand action, including bans on all cigarette advertising, tobacco exports and industry contributions to scientists and politicians. Any such action seems unlikely in the current antiregulatory political climate. House Speaker Newt Gingrich's comment on the FDA proposals was that the agency had "lost its mind." President Clinton guardedly endorsed stronger controls on smoking by youths, but stressed that he had not yet seen the new report...