Table of Contents
32 relations: Alcoholism, Bankruptcy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baylor University, Brown & Williamson, Cardiovascular disease, Cigarette, Coronary artery bypass surgery, Doctor of Philosophy, Henry Waxman, Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, Kool (cigarette), Menthol cigarette, Mike Moore (American politician), Morton Mintz, Mr. Butts, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Paralegal, Richard Daynard, Richard Scruggs, Stanton Glantz, Sullivan University, The Cigarette Papers, Theatre, Tobacco industry, Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, United States Virgin Islands, University of Denver, University of Mississippi, West Texas, Whistleblowing, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.
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Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge (French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge,; Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas.
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Brown & Williamson
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation was a U.S. tobacco company and a subsidiary of multinational British American Tobacco that produced several popular cigarette brands. It became infamous as the focus of investigations for chemically enhancing the addictiveness of cigarettes. Its former vice-president of research and development, Jeffrey Wigand, was the whistleblower in an investigation conducted by CBS news program 60 Minutes, an event that was dramatized in the film The Insider (1999).
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Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
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Cigarette
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.
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Coronary artery bypass surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart.
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
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Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015.
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Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage
The Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage is presented annually by The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest.
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Kool (cigarette)
Kool (stylized as KOOL) is an American brand of menthol cigarette, currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands LLC, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Company.
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Menthol cigarette
A menthol cigarette is a cigarette infused with the compound menthol which imparts a “minty” flavor to the smoke.
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Mike Moore (American politician)
Michael Cameron Moore (born April 3, 1952) is an American attorney and politician.
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Morton Mintz
Morton Mintz (born January 26, 1922) is an American investigative journalist who in his early years (1946–1958) reported for two St. Louis, Missouri, newspapers, the Star-Times and the Globe-Democrat; and then, most notably The Washington Post (1958–1988).
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Mr. Butts
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Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, approximately east of Biloxi and west of Gautier.
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Paralegal
A paralegal, also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a legal professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not the full expertise of a lawyer with an admission to practice law.
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Richard Daynard
Richard A. Daynard (born 1944) is an American legal scholar.
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Richard Scruggs
Richard F. "Dickie" Scruggs (born May 17, 1946) is an American former naval aviator and disbarred trial lawyer.
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Stanton Glantz
Stanton Arnold Glantz (born 1946) is an American professor, author, and tobacco control activist. Merrell Williams Jr. and Stanton Glantz are anti-smoking activists.
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Sullivan University
Sullivan University is a private for-profit university based in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The Cigarette Papers
The Cigarette Papers is a 1996 non-fiction book by Stanton A. Glantz (editor), John Slade (editor), Lisa A. Bero (editor), Peter Hanauer (editor), Deborah E. Barnes (editor), and C. Everett Koop (Foreword), analyzing leaked documents that for the first time proved "tobacco companies had long known the grave dangers of smoking, and did nothing about it." In May 1994, 4,000 pages of internal tobacco industry documents were sent to the office of Professor Stanton Glantz, a well-known anti-smoking activist, at the University of California, San Francisco. Merrell Williams Jr. and the Cigarette Papers are smoking in the United States.
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Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
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Tobacco industry
The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies who are engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products.
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Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered on November 23, 1998, originally between the four largest United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard – the "original participating manufacturers", referred to as the "Majors") and the attorneys general of 46 states.
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United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States.
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University of Denver
The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado.
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University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University, Mississippi, with a medical center in Jackson.
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West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
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Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.
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Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP traces its roots back more than 200 years to 1812, when Alexander Scott Bullitt opened his law practice.
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