Smoking bans do not cause job losses (May 19, 2009) — University of Minnesota and Ohio State University researchers have found that smoking bans do not have a significant impact on bar and restaurant employment. Though the economic effects of smoking bans have been studied in many individual communities, this is the first analysis to compare the economic effects of various smoking ban policies in multiple cities.
Eating burned meat increases risk of pancreatic cancer (April 22, 2009) — People who regularly eat very well-done red meat that is burned or charred may increase their risk of pancreatic cancer by almost 60 percent, according to a study by a University of Minnesota cancer researcher.
Direct link between smoking, lung cancer found (April 20, 2009) — Researchers at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota have discovered a direct link between a cancer-causing compound in tobacco and the development of lung cancer in some smokers. This is the first time a direct link between smoking and lung cancer in humans has been identified.
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