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Alan Landers was the poster-man for Winston cigarettes for decades - strong, sexy, confident, he lured smokers with the image of invincibility into an addictive habit. Later he would become an anti-smoking advocate and filed four lawsuits against Big Tobacco. One was to be heard next month, but Landers has died of throat cancer.

Matchbook covers with grisly pictures of the impact of smoking on a body are all part of the latest anti-smoking campaign in NYC. The messages on the side of cigarette packs haven't changed in 20 years. Other countries put the grisly pictures on the pack.

People may tend to think of smoking as an individual habit, but people tend to smoke and quit in clusters of three, researchers find from this 30-year-old study.  Looking to your social network will help you quit.

A new report on smoking shows that to heal completely and reduce your risk of lung cancer, it takes 30 years after one quits. Meanwhile American tobacco companies export cigarettes to Third World countries, which are expected to see millions die from smoking-related diseases.