World Cancer Day 2017
As we mark World Cancer Day, let's take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death sentence. As our National Cancer Institute presses forward on treatment and research under ...
IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control
On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement:
“According to its own public reports, in 2016 Phillip Morris manufactured 800 billion...
Cancer Council chief calls for a smoke free future
Cancer Council fully supports proposals to ban smoking in the presence of children, and has asked whether it’s time to actively consider a generational phase-out of cigarettes.
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Dutch lawyer starts criminal case against tobacco firms
A Dutch lawyer and lung cancer patient are planning to take tobacco companies to court for for producing cigarettes designed to turn people into addicts as quickly as possible.
Lawyer Benedicte Ficq and canc...
Potentially pivotal suit pits smokers vs. Big Tobacco
A decade after a group of American smokers sued Philip Morris USA to try to force the cigarette maker to pay for lung cancer screenings, the case will finally be heard by a jury.
Smokers from Massachusetts a...
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An exposé on one product causing death worldwide
As you saw in the video, Big Tobacco uses their super villain tactics to market and sell a deadly consumer product. Here are ...
Why I Fight: Garret Mathews
I watched Mom die from smoking-induced lung cancer. I wrote the piece because I want folks to know that even smoking only a few cigarettes a day can be fatal.
You smoke.
Betsy Mathews
Oh, not a lot. S...
Why I Fight: News/Talk Radio Host & Author Forrest Carr
My Great Cigarette Rebellion
How my mother’s simple request to run an errand changed my life.
My doctor doesn’t believe I’ve never smoked.
In January I was diagnosed with a relatively rare form of kidney c...
New Study Reveals No Drop in Use of Smokeless Tobacco for U.S. Workers
According to a recent study by the US. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. workers are continuing, and slightly increasing, their use of smokeless tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco (sn...
Ireland: a Hero of Tobacco Control
Ireland set to become 2nd country in the world to introduce plain pack cigarettes
“It is with great pleasure that I announce, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Friday, that I have received Government ...
Fight tobacco marketing, boost vaccinations to curb cancer, says report
Fighting the tobacco industry's tactics in the world's poorest countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need are key to cutting the number of cancer deaths worldwide, according to a report ...
INDONESIA: USAID Indonesia Sponsors Cancer & Smoking Lecture
(Jakarta Post) A US scientist says various kinds of cancer are linked to smoking, therefore cancer risk assessments need to focus on reducing tobacco consumption.
Harold Elliot Varmus, the winner of the 1989...
