Posts tagged cigarette

• Women Dies From Coca-Cola Overdose

  David Mittleman | April 21, 2012 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A woman in New Zealand died in February 2010 from a heart attack at the age of 30. But her family says it wasn't just a bad heart to blame for her poor health and subsequent death--the woman...

• The Definition of Tort Reform Hypocrisy? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  Mark Bello | February 06, 2012 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the corporate lobbying group, that, for years, has sought to unconstitutionally limit a citizen's right to sue and collect damages from corporate wrongdoers, has...

• Rated R: Should Smoking In Movies Result In Adult Ratings?

  Nolan Erickson | August 25, 2011 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a policy paper released this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that movies in which characters are shown smoking should receive restrictive adult ratings. If fewer...

• FDA Releases New Anti-Smoking Warning Labels for Cigarettes

  David Mittleman | June 21, 2011 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released images that will be required on all new cigarette packaging beginning in October 2012. The pictures are the first new regulation on warning...

• Smoking Still Bad for You, But the News Is Worse Than Before for Those Who Only Smoke One a Day

  David Mittleman | December 18, 2010 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For those smokers who thought that cutting back the number of cigarettes they smoke per day would help their overall health, the truth may be hard to hear. According to U.S. Surgeon General, Regina...

• Cigarettes, Corpses and Cancer: Will Graphic Images Curb Smoking?

  Mark Bello | November 17, 2010 11:49 AM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs are some of images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels for cigarette packages. These images are part of a proposal by...

• E-Cigarettes: FDA Puts Its Foot Down on False Smoking-Cessation Claims

  David Mittleman | September 10, 2010 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  You've probably heard of e-cigarettes, the nicotine-less battery-powered devices that only resemble the real thing. Manufacturers have recently started marketing them as stop-smoking aids, since the...

• Cigarettes: Bad for You, Good for Steel Pipes?

  David Mittleman | May 15, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Apparently cigarettes aren’t all bad—well, at least that’s what Chinese scientists have discovered. However, they aren’t talking about cigarettes not being bad for your...

• Some Smokers Fuming Over New Law Requiring Stores to Sell "Fire-Safe" Cigarettes

  David Mittleman | January 05, 2010 12:27 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last Friday a state law took effect that requires stores to only sell fire-safe cigarettes, which self-extinguish after after a few seconds of non-use. The goal of the law is to cut down the number...

• Great American Smokeout: Many Reasons to Kick the Habit

  David Mittleman | November 19, 2009 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Maybe we can blame the bad economy, but no matter whatever or whoever is at fault, the fact is that more Americans are smoking cigarettes. In fact, a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control...