Teens and tobacco: do cigarette ads encourage teens to start smoking?

Article Abstract:

The Clinton administration is responding to rising numbers of beginning smokers under the age of 20 by regulating tobacco industry advertising to avoid targeting teenagers. However, both the tobacco industry and the advertising industry are protesting the regulations since they believe there is no link between teen smokers and their advertising and are concerned that these regulations will lead to further limits on tobacco advertising. A drop in young African American smokers has been found but anti-smoking groups are concerned the data will reduce anti-smoking efforts.

Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising, Smoking and youth, Youth smoking, Tobacco industry, Advertising law

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Gambling under attack: how serious is the current backlash?

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Public opposition to gambling has been growing, but it has not kept the gaming industry in the US from posting huge profits: more than $44 billion in 1995. While many people consider gambling a social evil, many others want more of it. Las Vegas is booming, and plans to add 93,997 more hotel rooms. Some analysts foresee at-home wagering by telephone, computer and TV, and airliner-based gambling. A federal gaming study is under way to determine the effects of gambling on US society.

Social aspects, Gambling industry, Gambling, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Casinos, Compulsive gambling

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Celebrity victims

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Alzheimer's disease is indiscriminate in its choice of victims. Many international celebrities in the arts and entertainment world have been afflicted with the dreaded disorder in their old age. Among the noteworthy victims are actress Rita Hayworth, essayist E.B. White, boxer Sugar Ray Robinson and opera impresario Rudolf Bing. The ebullient lives led by these personalities attest to findings that the disease in its early and middle stages can remain undetected by the sufferer.

Personalities, Alzheimer's disease

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