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Read More... Women's Empowerment Network Launches in ZimbabweThu, 24 May 2012 16:22:40 -0700
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Read More... World Health Assembly endorses new plan to increase global access to vaccinesFri, 25 May 2012 07:56:20 -0700
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Read More... Head to Head: Should state raise tobacco taxes for research, cessation programs?Wed, 23 May 2012 18:55:31 -0700
California's tax on cigarettes, last raised in 1998, is 87 cents per pack, ranking 33rd among the states. The average tax in all 50 states is $1.46. Voters on June 5 will decide whether to raise California's tax to $1.87, ranking 16th among the states. The additional money would go to cancer research, smoking cessation, prevention of tobacco-related diseases and law enforcement.
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AS ONE of history's foremost advocates of economic rationalism, Milton Friedman makes for an unlikely poster boy for the stoner generation.
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