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Americans abroad are generally considered friendly, generous, confident and generally good people. However, people in Russia and other Eastern European countries get a negative view of Americans through the films and videos produced in Hollywood. Also cigarette manufacturers aggressively market their products in ways that are outlawed in this country. Unbridled capitalism coming from the west is poisoning the environment for young people. Parents are alarmed and dismayed.

Fewer and fewer adults use tobacco. It is considered a dirty habit that people do in private. It is discouraged and frowned upon. The nonsmoker rights movement has successfully taken smoking out of the public domain. Seventy percent of adult smo

Do tobacco advertising and marketing practices have an impact on the future smoking of teenagers? Psychologist John Pierce, Head of Cancer Prevention at the University of California at San Diego, makes that connection by linking growth spurts in

Which do you think comes first? Smoking or having sex? Tobacco dependence or alcohol dependence? Smoking or using other illicit drugs such as marijuana?

Which is the most addictive drug - tobacco or cocaine? Tobacco or alcohol? Which is