Some of the direst were to be found in a position paper entitled Asbestos: A Social Problem, which was issued on May 12, 1981, by the Boston headquarters office of Commercial Union, a subsidiary of the British-owned Commercial Union Assurance Company that had incurred potentially overwhelming liability as a result of carrying what was widely estimated to be a billion and a half dollars worth of primary and excess coverage for various asbestos-insulation manufacturers
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The markets in which cigarettes are being removed from stores include California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter and store visits
A 10 percent bump in the price of cigarettes would be a larger sum of money in places where the price of cigarettes is higher
The FDAs own research confirms that a menthol ban would save lives, Laurent Huber, the executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, said in a statement
