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Feature: Radical Reasons Explain Why Smoking Harms Babies
Brian Oliver & Hui Chen
New research has found why mothers who smoke or are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke can cause permanent damage to the health of their babies.
 Browse: Quitting Cigarettes by Vaping Isn’t So Easy
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conSCIENCE: Big Tobacco’s Innovative Smokescreen
Janet Hoak and Philip Gendall
While tobacco companies claim to be cooperating with health authorities to reduce smoking, new tobacco products are squarely aimed at recruiting new smokers.
 Expert Opinion: New plain packaging research - experts respond
various experts
As New Zealand deliberates over the introduction of 'plain packaging' for cigarettes, a new study confirms that such measures reduce the appeal of tobacco products.