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		<title>Do Warning Health Labels Work Or Should They Change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been known for decades now that cigarette smoking is very dangerous not only to the smoker, but to others around them, in the form of secondhand smoke. Since the 1970&#8242;s it has been known that cigarette smoking has been linked to cancer and heart disease. It was during that time that the then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/08/19/do-warning-health-labels-work-or-should-they-change/</link>
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		<title>The End of Television Tobacco and the Outcome Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many years, cigarette ads were a staple of television advertising. That is long gone. As the dangers of tobacco smoking were slowly discovered and revealed, the television networks began to feel that the cigarette ads were not the type of ads they wanted to sponsor their programming. With most people starting to smoke cigarettes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/08/18/the-end-of-television-tobacco-and-the-outcome-now/</link>
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		<title>Tricks of the trade, The Government Won&#8217;t Stand For</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smokers have developed a persecution complex as many state governments have turned to cigarette taxes as a way to raise revenues. They have found out that if they raise the taxes on cigarettes too high, people will find aways around them. When people need a nicotine fix, they will find any number of ways to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/08/16/tricks-of-the-trade-the-government-wont-stand-for/</link>
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		<title>Smoking in Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Odds are you&#8217;re a bit worried about your children and young teens watching prominent scenes of characters smoking on both TV and on the big screen. The good news is that smoking in top-grossing movies has declined steadily since the early 2000s and is actually showing a 56 decrease in the last decade. This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/07/28/smoking-in-movies/</link>
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		<title>How Some States Change the Age to Sell Tobacco?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco laws have been growing by leaps and bounds from state to state. Whether it&#8217;s New York, where buying a pack of cigarettes could rise upwards of 10 per pack due to taxes, or other states where the smoking age is no longer at 18, it&#8217;s at 19, and many are trying to make it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/06/04/how-some-states-change-the-age-to-sell-tobacco/</link>
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		<title>Complying with Tobacco Laws, To Tough or Not Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting May 23rd, New York smokers will be faced with a new decision: put out their cigarettes in parks and beaches, or face a 50 fine. This question was raised by a new public smoking ban that was signed into law in February. This ban has dismayed many New York smokers who have already lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/06/01/complying-with-tobacco-laws-to-tough-or-not-enough/</link>
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		<title>FDA Prevents Cigarette Companies from Giving Free Samples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As product advertisements become more vivid and suggestive, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is fighting to suppress or even eliminate tobacco companies advertising and gifting. Because the media used in advertising is suggestive of cigarette smoking being cool and harmless, the FDA fears these messages are targeting teenagers and other underage consumers. The administration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/05/28/fda-prevents-cigarette-companies-from-giving-free-samples/</link>
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		<title>The Guide for Tobacco Merchants, How it effected Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In many states smoking tobacco cigarettes is now unlawful within restaurants, bars and many other establishments. This change has been made as many people have been forced to inhale second hand smoke whenever they want to eat at a restaurant or visit a bar. Children who do not have a choice in the matter have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realitycheckny.org/2011/05/24/the-guide-for-tobacco-merchants-how-it-effected-businesses/</link>
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