"It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America - a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential carcinogen, and even the bare hint of a substance's link to cancer ignites a firestorm of public hysteria and media anxiety - one of the most potent and common carcinogens known to humans can be freely bought and sold at every corner store for a few dollars."

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Source : "New Warning Labels: Ruining Smokers’ Days?" by Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. June 21, 2011.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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