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  • “It is strange that people should go to such lengths to burn and then inhale some vegetable matter. We must find out what is rewarding about it.”
    Recently-deceased Murray Jarvik, considered the inventor of the nicotine patch, in an introduction to a 1977 report for NIDA, "Research on Smoking Behavior." At the same time during the 70s, Philip Morris already had a nicotine analogue program trying to find a molecule that would would mimic nicotine’s reinforcement effect on the brain.
    » Murray Jarvik, 84, Whose Research Helped Lead to Nicotine Patch, Dies , New York Times (Tuesday, May 13, 2008)
  • “Our programs have been more than effective, and yet we are being forced to end. For years we have suffered through shortsighted decisions that were supposed to 'help' the economy, eight years of [settlement] payments directed to 'help the economy.' Clearly, these strategies are not working, because here we are yet again trying to help the economy.”
    Gretchen Clark Hammond, an employee of Amethyst, Inc., an addiction treatment organization funded by the MSA.
    » Ohio House passes bill to raid state's anti-tobacco fund, Toledo (OH) Blade (Thursday, May 1, 2008)
  • “History is history. We're honouring the man and what he achieved.”
    Bathurst Deputy Mayor Ian North, on the life-sized sculpture, to be unveiled at Bathurst's Mount Panorama in October, which depicts Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock standing on the roof of his car--complete with original Marlboro cigarette advertising. One achievement--the propagation of cigarette advertising long, long after his death.
    » Sculpture of racing legend Peter Brock to display cigarette brand , Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au) (Friday, April 25, 2008)
  • “Since getting the smoke alarm ashtray, I feel much safer in my home. I like the fact that you can take it to any room in the house and know that you are protected by a smoke alarm.”
    John Wells, of Lebanon, Oregon, in a press release for Smokers ALERT®.
    » Chavers Corporation Announces Launch of Smokers ALERT®, PR Web (Friday, April 18, 2008)
  • “The scope of the regulatory authority being granted in Section 906(d)(1) of H.R. 1108 to the FDA would allow the agency to adopt restrictions or regulations involving tobacco products based solely on public health concerns with no statutory obligation to take into account the negative impact on the thousands of small businesses that sell tobacco products. ”
    The American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) and the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO), which this week issued a joint letter to all 435 U.S. Representatives explaining serious concerns both national organizations have with the pending FDA bill.
    » Wholesalers And Tobacco Association Oppose Giving FDA Regulation Of Tobacco, AM Vending Group (Monday, April 21, 2008)
  • “Doubt is our product.”
    Quote from a 1969 B&W memo provides the basis for the title of a book that "reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards."
    » Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health, amazon.com (Friday, April 18, 2008)
  • “They took us into their office and made us part of their family. God has truly given the sick Florida smokers two angels.”
    Diana Duyser, whose husband, Gregg, has emphysema and was part of the original Engle suit, on the Rosenblatts.
    » Anti-tobacco lawyers awarded $218 million fee , Miami (FL) Herald (Thursday, April 17, 2008)
  • “These are very interesting and potentially very, very important findings. They put nicotine front and center in smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer.”
    Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, on the 3 studies that have identified specific gene variants that appear to make some smokers and former smokers more susceptible than others to cancer.
    » Lung Cancer Genes Identified, TIME Magazine (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)
  • “Grocery stores are very important members of the community and New Yorkers need their leadership on this issue. This [tobacco] is the only product being sold by food markets that, when used as intended, will kill their customers and increase the number of those dying from devastating diseases like cancer.”
    Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., who is urging New York State supermarkets to be good neighbors and stop selling tobacco products.
    » For 'Kick Butts Day,' State Health Commissioner Urges Supermarkets to Kick Tobacco, New York State Department of Health (Friday, April 4, 2008)
  • “While redressing injuries caused by the cigarette industry is 'one of the most troubling . . . problems facing our Nation today', . . . not every wrong can have a legal remedy, . . . at least not without causing collateral damage to the fabric of our laws. Plaintiffs' putative class action suffers from an insurmountable deficit of collective legal or factual questions.”
    JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge, for the Appeals panel in Schwab.
    » McLAUGHLIN v. PHILIP MORRIS, et. al. (PDF), US Court of Appeals For The Second Circuit (Thursday, April 3, 2008)
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