In the 20th century, the mass production of cigarettes fueled a global addiction — but Big Tobacco had a problem. Cancer rates were skyrocketing, and smoking-related illnesses became the leading cause of preventable death in America. This is the story of how an industry in peril conspired to survive — by keeping generations of smokers in their grip.
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Painted with Poison: The Radium Girls Cover-Up
They called them the "ghost girls" – young women who glowed in the dark after painting watches with radium. The company told them it was safe. They knew it wasn't. When the women started dying, the cover-up began: forged reports, fake doctors, lies on death certificates. The cons ... Show More
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Oct 2022
Tabac: les maladies des poumons liés au tabagisme
Les méfaits du tabac sur les poumons sont nombreux et mortels dans une importante proportion, puisque le tabagisme demeure, dans un pays comme la France, la première cause de mortalité évitable. Quelles sont les maladies des poumons liées au tabac ou aggravés par celui-ci ? Dr A ... Show More
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Jun 2024
The Meth SuperCartels Destroying Tropical Paradise
For years the Pacific region, and its tiny, tropical nations, steered clear of the global meth and cocaine trade. But politics, war and wild profit margins have pushed ships and planes out from Latin America to Australia across a new ‘drug highway.’ The phenomenon is prompting ma ... Show More
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