The link between drug smuggling and terror usually spurs images of Afghan poppy fields under the wary eye of men in fatigues. Sometimes, though, it's garbage bags filled with money from selling illegal cigarettes in Brooklyn.
Undeterred by his recent setback in the battle over big soda, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has turned his attention back to one of his original health enemies — smoking.
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Ever feel like tobacco companies were being a little misleading about the dangers of smoking? Turns out, you were right.
Discovered: Smoking bans get heart health results; boys lean more than girls; music illiterates don't get emotion either; Curiosity verifies volcanic soil on Mars.
Let no one say that hipsters are not entrepreneurial. If the new "organic" cigarette for people who ride fixies is any indication, hipsters are very much entrepreneurial indeed, and they do not want to smoke garbage.
Discovered: Genetically "upgraded" fruit flies; mummification was invented during heavy rainfall; egg yolks speed atherosclerosis almost as much as cigarettes; dark matter detected in our galaxy.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Discovered: Astronomers find the oldest known spiral galaxy; dolphins are good with numbers; Japan's nuclear disaster will probably result in 130 deaths; and laziness is on par with smoking.
Discovered: Climate change has already changed some biomes, the healthiest amount of booze, kids need to stop stressing, a delicious way to quit smoking, and an insane cool picture of Venus.
The New York Times' coverage of a proposed $1-per-pack tobacco tax increase in California raises an incongruity with the state's reputation as tough on tobacco: It has, for now, some of the cheapest cigarettes in the country.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Discovered: A magical flu vaccine, there's no such thing as a healthy video game, a quantum microphone, nicotine mouth spray, your boyfriend may think you're fatter than you are.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on tobacco's kid-friendly options.
To the delight of anyone who would ever lay eyes on cigarette boxes a Federal judge has halted the FDA's disgusting new warning labels for cigarette packages in the name of tobacco company free speech.
Here's how the last 14 percent of the city avoids quitting smoking
A cigarette butt thrown into an open sewer ignited the blaze, officials say
Study says nicotine could help those with Parkinson's Disease
Philip Morris has "initiated legal action" against Australia's olive-green cig boxes
Cartoonist Tony Auth on the unintended effect of the new cigarette labels
Plus: cigarette packages are about to get more gruesome
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