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FDA Proposes Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 10) -- The federal government hopes new larger, graphic warning labels for cigarettes that include images of corpses, cancer patients, and diseased lungs and teeth will help snuff out tobacco use. The images are part of a new push announced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of...

Obama and Boehner -- More Alike Than You Think

(Nov. 6) -- One of the big open questions coming out of the midterm elections is how -- or better yet, whether -- President Barack Obama and presumptive future House Speaker John Boehner will get along. Sure, Obama attacked Boehner by name shortly before the election, saying he had "no new policies." And yes, Boehner...

E-Cigs: Popular With Kids, but What's in Them?

Editor's note: This is the first article of an AOL News special report. Read the second part here. (Sept. 16) -- Two eighth-grade girls carrying their pink cell phones and a tan envelope with cash stopped at a stand in a far corner of the sprawling Union Station in Washington, D.C. The one-table kiosk offered individual...

Greek Smokers Feel Heat in Government Crackdown

ATHENS, Greece (Sept. 1) -- Warning: Greece has banned smoking -- again. In its fourth attempt in a decade, Greece on Wednesday moved to wean the country from cigarettes by imposing a sweeping tobacco ban and stiff fines. But many critics doubt whether Greeks, Europe's most nicotine-loving people, can conform as they...