Light cigarettes offer no safer option says NEJM study
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports no reduction in tar or nicotine exposure when smokers switch to low yield light cigarettes. Researchers at San Francisco General measured blood nicotine and found no difference versus regular brands, challenging marketing claims of safer smoking.
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Upstart teacher challenges MIU leadership over meditation
Fairfield IA AP Robin Woodsworth Carlsen, a Canadian instructor, claims Transcendental Meditation is dead and sues Maharishi International University for 43 million. He criticizes MIU leaders as a dying species, pitches his own Enlightenment method, and has faced campus pushback including expulsions of his supporters and suspension of students tied to his lectures.
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Conference to Announce Dispute Outcome Delayed
A news conference was planned for next Monday to declare the dispute outcome. Officials did not provide details or comment. Carlsen, noting the situation, said the decision was unfortunate and conveyed a sense of responsibility to students and the program.
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