- David Mittleman | April 21, 2012 9:17 AM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- Nolan Erickson | August 25, 2011 12:46 PM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- Mark Bello | February 06, 2012 1:41 PM | Farmington Hills, MI
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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...
- David Mittleman | August 26, 2009 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Toxic Substances
A jury in Los Angeles Superior Court voted 9-3 on Monday that Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to Jodi Bullock. Betty Bullock, Jodi Bullock’s mother, died of lung...
- David Mittleman | December 18, 2010 11:23 AM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- Mark Bello | November 17, 2010 11:49 AM | Farmington Hills, MI
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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...
- David Mittleman | September 10, 2010 3:15 PM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- David Mittleman | May 15, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- David Mittleman | January 05, 2010 12:27 PM | Lansing, MI
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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...
- David Mittleman | November 19, 2009 3:35 PM | Lansing, 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...