Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Anti-Smoking Tag Team

... Gates would contribute $125 million to the effort from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Bloomberg would chip in $375 million. What they want to do is “pressure” governments to hike tobacco taxes, prohibit smoking in public areas and curtail tobacco advertising...

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[I.e., the assault on choice continues. Don't care? ok.]


Cell phones—The new cigarettes

There has been a raging debate over whether cell phones—or more specifically electromagnetic radiation that they emit—up a person's cancer risk. The latest chapter: Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, this week warned consumers to limit exposure to cell phone radiation—and alerted parents to beware of possible effects on their kids...

[sound familiar?]

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