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Are cigarette warnings that show actual harm more effective at getting people to quit?

By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist Imagine you’re holding a package of cigarettes you’re thinking about buying. Which would encourage you to quit: a label with a written warning, or a label with a photo of a throat cancer patient…

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[5 out of] 10 things e-cigarettes won’t tell you

By Jen Wieczner From marketwatch They may be safer, but they also threaten to upend decades of anti-smoking efforts “We’re Big Tobacco in disguise.” When electronic cigarettes first debuted in the U.S. about five years ago, they seemed like a…