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Tobacco Road
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Tobacco RoadSet during the Depression in the depleted farmloads surrounding Augustus, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness.
 
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Tobacco Kills
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Tobacco KillsTobacco Kills

There is a great deal of evidence linking disturbances in neurotransmission to various diseases. For example, Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive mental deterioration in which there is memory loss along with the loss of control of bodily functions that eventually results in death, is thought to involve impaired function of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in some neurons.
 
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Tags: results, death, thought, eventually, functions, Kills, Tobacco
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease
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How Tobacco Smoke Causes DiseaseHow Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease

This report is a comprehensive, scientific discussion of how mainstream and secondhand smoke exposures damage the human body. Decades of research have enabled scientists to identify the specific mechanisms of smoking-related diseases and to characterize them in great detail.
 
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Tags: smoking-related, diseases, mechanisms, specific, identify, Disease, Tobacco, Causes, Smoke
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
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The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American AppetiteMost of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it s harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry, now reveals how the food industry has hijacked the brains of millions of Americans. The result? 
 
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