Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Women and Big Tobacco

"Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health said they examined more than 7 million documents - some dating back to 1969, others as recent as 2000 - for new details about the industry's efforts to lure more women smokers.

Carrie Carpenter, the study's lead author, said companies' research went far beyond a marketing or advertising campaign.

'They did so much research in such a sophisticated way,' she said. 'Women should know how far the tobacco industry went to exploit them.'"
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