Submitted by Bob Burton on
The financial woes of Medialink Worldwide, the largest producer of fake news products such as video news releases (VNRs) and audio news releases (ANRs), continue to get worse.
A recent study in the Journal of Preventive Medicine found that young people who feel action should be taken against the tobacco industry are more likely to want to quit smoking.
Submitted by Anne Landman on
An army of tobacco industry lobbyists been hard at work in Texas battling a clean indoor air law and a new formula for taxing spit tobacco. The industry employed 40 lobbyists, seven of whom are former state legislators, to beat back the popular proposals. The smoking ban had gained hard-won support from the state's restaurant association, and enjoyed support among voters, who had already approved public smoking laws in 28 cities within the state.
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