A bright spot: Promising technology for lung cancer patients
The statistics are alarming. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer is the most common type diagnosed, with more than 220,000 new cases expected in the United States in 2010, more than 6,200 of them in New Jersey. Lung cancer also is one of the most virulent, with only about a 15 percent survival rate by the fifth year following diagnosis, and is by far the most common fatal …
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Smokeless tobacco a hot product
Products growing in popularity as smokers turn to cheaper and less obtrusive alternatives As cigarette sales plummet, smokeless products are growing at a rate of about 7 percent a year. Sales in 2010 are expected to total about .8 billion.
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Smokeless tobacco picking up steam
Products growing in popularity as smokers turn to cheaper and less obtrusive alternatives Ron Carroll prefers to smoke cigars and pipes. But when he can’t do that he says he manages to unobtrusively get his nicotine fix by slipping a packet of tobacco, about the size of a teabag, under his upper lip.
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