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Prozac Causes Depression Prozac Causes Depression
Prozac Causes Depression- Weblog that monitors news on psychiatric controversy and failures. Offers insight into the negative side of common SSRI medications. ...
Darkland - Diary of Insanity Darkland - Diary of Insanity
Darkland - Diary of Insanity- Andrew R. Miller provides a guide to the darker, mental side of entertainment, music, and art. Includes information about asylums, including haunted ones. ...
NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey
NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey- Over the past two years, Howard Dully, 56, has worked to discover the story behind the procedure he received as a 12-year-old boy: a transorbital or ice-pick lobotomy. He inte ...
Better To Have a Bottle In Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy Better To Have a Bottle In Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy
Better To Have a Bottle In Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy- Bryn Mawr student's paper about lobotomies. ...
Psychosurgery - Massachusetts General Hospital Psychosurgery - Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychosurgery - Massachusetts General Hospital- Explores the historical background of psychosurgery and discusses the anatomic and physiologic basis for such procedures. Guidelines for the appropriate selection of surgic ...
Rotten.com - Lobotomy Rotten.com - Lobotomy
Rotten.com - Lobotomy- Story taking a very pessimistic view of lobotomies. ...
BBC - Radio 4 - Brain Surgery to Cure the Mind BBC - Radio 4 - Brain Surgery to Cure the Mind
BBC - Radio 4 - Brain Surgery to Cure the Mind- Brain surgery to treat people with psychiatric illness was virtually abandoned half a century ago, but recent progress in neuroscience is igniting renewed interest in this ...
KCI: The Anti-Meth Site KCI: The Anti-Meth Site
KCI: The Anti-Meth Site- Methamphetamine discussion forum, chat room, meth information, recovery information, and current headlines. ...
Addiction by Prescription Drugs Addiction by Prescription Drugs
Addiction by Prescription Drugs- Offers details about prescription abuse, addiction, and controversy. Includes two book offers. ...
Drugs, Smoking and Addiction Drugs, Smoking and Addiction
Drugs, Smoking and Addiction- A perspective on the psychology of addiction, and criticism of the "drug war" as an authoritarian attack on individual liberty. ...
Be Drug Free Be Drug Free
Be Drug Free- Personal site of a drug preventionist and writer. Includes articles, news, and information on alcoholism, addiction, mental health, and youth violence. ...
Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health
Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health- Promotes environmental and human health by exposing harmful practices and policies such as relying upon unscientific animal experiments to justify poisoning the envi ...
Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research
Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research- We are all victims of fraud in medical research. ...
Secondhand Smoke Price Tag: $10 Billion a Year Secondhand Smoke Price Tag: $10 Billion a Year
Secondhand Smoke Price Tag: $10 Billion a Year- Second-hand tobacco smoke is costing the U.S. economy more than $10 billion a year, according to recent research. ...
Smoking-Caused Fires Cost $27.2 Billion Annually Smoking-Caused Fires Cost $27.2 Billion Annually
Smoking-Caused Fires Cost $27.2 Billion Annually- Analysis shows smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally, resulting in an estimated cost of nearly $7 billion in the United States and $27.2 billi ...
Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs
Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs- CDC report; every pack of cigarettes costs $3.45 for medical care attributable to smoking and $3.73 in productivity losses, for a total co ...
Motherless Or Fatherless Youth And Social Security Survivors Insurance Costs Motherless Or Fatherless Youth And Social Security Survivors Insurance Costs
Motherless Or Fatherless Youth And Social Security Survivors Insurance Costs- Estimates cost of Social Security payments made for youths who became motherless or fatherless due to tobacco use. ...
Cost of Tobacco-Related Disability Among U.S. Veterans Cost of Tobacco-Related Disability Among U.S. Veterans
Cost of Tobacco-Related Disability Among U.S. Veterans- Economic report estimates the cost of tobacco-caused disease among currently living U.S. veterans. ...
Health Care Costs of Smoking Health Care Costs of Smoking
Health Care Costs of Smoking- Abstract of recent research estimates percentage of total health care costs attributable to smoking. ...
The Health Care Costs of Smoking The Health Care Costs of Smoking
The Health Care Costs of Smoking- Economic analysis concludes cigarettes and other tobacco products represent about 10% of all health care costs in America. ...
$72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care Cost $72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care Cost
$72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care Cost- The total cost of caring for people with health problems caused by cigarette smoking is about $72.7 billion per year, according to health economists at the University of ...
Cigarettes Not Only Cause More Time Off Work, But Also Lower Productivity Cigarettes Not Only Cause More Time Off Work, But Also Lower Productivity
Cigarettes Not Only Cause More Time Off Work, But Also Lower Productivity- Research summary. Estimates that tobacco products cost employers $47 billion dollars in 1990. ...
Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work
Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work- Research that followed over 80,000 employees for over 2 years finds smoking has significant costs for employers, even among younger workers. ...
Cigarette Smoking Adds Billions to Medicare Spending Cigarette Smoking Adds Billions to Medicare Spending
Cigarette Smoking Adds Billions to Medicare Spending- Report on 1997 Medicare and overall healthcare costs in the U.S. due to cigarette smoking, based on estimates of 1993 spending. ...
Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page
Jeffrey E. Harris, MIT Home page- Online copies of Dr. Harris's economic analyses, most dealing with costs and prices of tobacco products. ...
The Global Impact of Tobacco The Global Impact of Tobacco
The Global Impact of Tobacco- A look at the global costs of growing and using the crop. Written by the San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition and the San Francisco Tobacco Free Project. ...
The Human and Financial Costs of Smoking The Human and Financial Costs of Smoking
The Human and Financial Costs of Smoking- Research paper summarizes qualitative and quantitative human and financial tolls from smoking, ranging from cigarette burns, to cigarette ignited fire disasters, to caring for dy ...
Costs of Employee Smoking in the Workplace Costs of Employee Smoking in the Workplace
Costs of Employee Smoking in the Workplace- Research measures costs to employers of smoking in the workplace in Scotland. ...
Medical Costs of Smoking in the United States Medical Costs of Smoking in the United States
Medical Costs of Smoking in the United States- Article examines the literature available, the estimates arrived at, their validity, and their implications. ...
External Influences on News External Influences on News
External Influences on News- Lecture outline for college class on media features tobacco examples of self-censorship by news organizations. ...
The Health Care Costs of Smoking The Health Care Costs of Smoking
The Health Care Costs of Smoking- Conclusions: If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs ...
Costs of Health Damage and Productivity Losses Attributable to Smoking in Germany Costs of Health Damage and Productivity Losses Attributable to Smoking in Germany
Costs of Health Damage and Productivity Losses Attributable to Smoking in Germany- The European Journal of Public Health: scientific article. ...
Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored"
Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored"- The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction. ...
States Hooked on Tobacco Money States Hooked on Tobacco Money
States Hooked on Tobacco Money- State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article. ...
Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco
Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco- Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan. ...
Still Waiting to Exhale Still Waiting to Exhale
Still Waiting to Exhale- Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors. ...
Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy
Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy- Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's depende ...
Smoke in the Eye Smoke in the Eye
Smoke in the Eye- A 1996 investigation of the controversial "60 Minutes" profile on the tobacco industry. Synopsis, interviews, and links. ...
Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Con Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Con
Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Con- From Action on Smoking and Health in the UK. Covers emissions, smoker compensation, differences between expectations and reality for low tar cigarettes, and what t ...
The Cigarette Papers The Cigarette Papers
The Cigarette Papers- Book on what the Brown and Williamson documents reveal about their cigarettes, smoking, and the tobacco industry. The book now available free, online. ...
Big Tobacco Infiltrated UN Agencies Big Tobacco Infiltrated UN Agencies
Big Tobacco Infiltrated UN Agencies- World Health Organisation report says tobacco industry sabotaged WHO tobacco control efforts. ...
Trinkets and Trash Trinkets and Trash
Trinkets and Trash- Gallery of cigarette ads and tobacco industry promotional items: t-shirts, caps, radios, and a wide variety of other items designed by tobacco companies to sell cigarettes, spit tobacco, and cigars. ...
Criminal Investigation Of The Tobacco Industry, Clifford E. Douglas Criminal Investigation Of The Tobacco Industry, Clifford E. Douglas
Criminal Investigation Of The Tobacco Industry, Clifford E. Douglas- Douglas is the President of Tobacco Control Law and Policy Consulting. Speech given to the Northeastern University School Of Law. ...
The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words
The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words- Editorial in the British Medical Journal urges opening of the Guildford depository of tobacco industry documents and explains what we've learned already from industry documen ...
Frontline: inside the tobacco deal Frontline: inside the tobacco deal
Frontline: inside the tobacco deal- Interview with Dr. David Kessler. ...
The Special Privileges of Tobacco The Special Privileges of Tobacco
The Special Privileges of Tobacco- Tobacco industry use of lawyers to hide research. ...
Tobacco Industry Witnesses on Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer Tobacco Industry Witnesses on Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
Tobacco Industry Witnesses on Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer- Tobacco industry witnesses who argued against restrictions on secondhand smoke were asked if firsthand smoke, smoking cigarettes, causes lung cancer. Thes ...
A Frank Statement A Frank Statement
A Frank Statement- On January 4, 1954, in response to continuing scientific reports on the health effects of smoking, the tobacco industry published this ad in more than 400 newspapers. It was a seminal moment in the his ...
Big Tobacco Bounces Back Big Tobacco Bounces Back
Big Tobacco Bounces Back- "Philip Morris et al. are recasting themselves as kinder, gentler companies concerned about their communities. Meanwhile, they're strong-arming the TV networks to block counter-ads which might p ...
Monitoring and Countering Tobacco Industry Influence Monitoring and Countering Tobacco Industry Influence
Monitoring and Countering Tobacco Industry Influence- Seession from health conference addresses political and economic influence of the tobacco industry, its effects, and public health responses. ...

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