women's cigarette The Radical History of Women Smoking Sharp increase in middle-class women

By then, 28 had diedmore than three times the expected number, based on average life spansincluding 18 from asbestos-related illnesses

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They decided that rather than accepting the fact that smoking caused disease, they would create an independent research organization, the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, to fund research to get to the bottom of the smoking and health controversy. They announced the creation of the TIRC in full page ads in newspapers and magazines all over the country assuring smokers and policymakers that the companies accept an interest in peoples health as a basic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business. The tobacco companies did no such thing