| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 38 Miscellaneous |
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| Two studies by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the nonprofit |
| American Legacy Foundation document that cigarette makers have increased their |
| advertising in magazines with large readerships by teenagers since 1998, when they |
| agreed in a court settlement not to target teens in their ads. In the first 9 months of |
| 1999, the industry spent $119.9 million on cigarette ads in magazines with a |
| significant percentage of teen readers such as Rolling Stone, Glamour, Motor Trend |
| and Sports Illustrated. |
| Associated Press, May 18, 2000 |
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| Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, may help smokers quit the habit when used as a first |
| step in treatment. |
| Associated Press, May18, 2000 |
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| RJR's reduced smoke brand Eclipse where the tobacco is heated rather than burned |
| is marketed with the claims of lower health risk than regular cigarettes. |
| JAMA, May 17, 2000, p. 2507 |
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| Charles Southwood, owner and founder of Death Tobacco Company, sold more than |
| 75,000 cartons of Death Cigarettes in his first year of operation. He has 100 park |
| benches in the Los Angeles area with his ads that say "Don't Smoke Death |
| Cigarettes." The popular new brand is sold as a novelty item in Southern California for |
| $3 a pack. They come in a black box with a large white skull and crossbones under |
| the brand name DEATH. Southwood has also introduced a menthol brand packaged |
| in a green box and called GREEN DEATH. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 20, 1992 |
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| An estimated 350,000 tons of paper is used each year for cigarette wrappers. |
| Tobacco Control, Fall 1994, p. 191 |
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