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GlaxoSmithKline Signs $540 Million Deal for Nicotine Vaccine

Four years ago, the startup Nabi Biopharmaceuticals began testing a promising nicotine vaccine called NicVax with the aid of $4.1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Earlier today, the vaccine received a booster ...READ»

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Pentagram Rebrands Cigarettes, to Make Deadliness a Virtue

DJ Stout, a partner at Pentagram, unveils a concept for cigarette packaging, in light of new tobacco regulations.READ»

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Seven Things to Read Now

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»

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Manufacturing Doubt in Product Defense

What is the product-defense industry? How does it work, and who's behind it? We asked David Michaels, author of the exposé Doubt Is Their Product.READ»

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