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...list released last week includes 218 known or suspected carcinogens. Of these, 14 are new additions and six are upgrades. Tobacco products were new entries, never listed before because in the past the government considered only individual chemicals that make up a product (the benzopyrene in cigarette smoke, for example) rather than the product itself. Environmental carcinogens like ultraviolet radiation are also included for the first time. (For highlights of the report, see captions...
SNUFF & SMOKELESS TOBACCO It's more than disgusting. It's deadly. The next time a ballplayer comes to the plate with a chaw in his cheek, remember the cancers of the mouth, lip and tongue he might develop. A truly big-league health risk...
SECONDHAND SMOKE Big Tobacco may howl, but the government's verdict is in, and secondhand smoke is now considered a known human carcinogen, leading to lung cancer even in nonsmokers...
...same ailments. Close to half of the nation's poor blacks and Hispanics have untreated tooth decay, compared with 27 percent of poor whites. Researchers are blaming the disparity on a combination of economic and social factors, including poor diet, lack of affordable dental care and the prevalence of tobacco use and alcohol consumption...
...sure what an N.R.A. mom is, though one wonders what she puts in the kids' lunch boxes. But I know an impressive "outreach" initiative when I see one. The Philip Morris Co. has been engaging in similar efforts for the past year or so. The tobacco and so-much-more company has new ads proclaiming its support of the "We Card" program to prevent children from buying cigarettes. In the ad, a bunch of kids dressed for a prom attempt to buy smokes from a kindly yet firm store owner, who tells us that belonging to the We Card program...