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Enacting a nationwide smoking ban in all public places is a sound policy that would benefit all countries, not just China. In the U.S., where only about 20 percent of adults smoke, the problem of second-hand smoke exposure is perhaps not as readily apparent as it is in China...
Nyhan then lists on his blog specific quotes from then-Press Secretary Ari Fleisher, Vice President Dick Cheney, and President Bush, all of whom said in the early months of 2003 that the tax cuts would lead to more tax revenue.
But like his U.S. counterpart, Hanning is referring to the general possibility of an attack rather than any specific threat, hoping to make Germans more alert to suspicious activities, and also raising pressure on any terror cells already in place. Says Rolf Tophoven, director of the Institute for Terrorism Research...
Although counterterrorism officials in the U.S. and Europe are careful to stress that there are no specific threats, they share the concern expressed by the senior U.S. official: "There is information, there are reports and other data coming in that shows these guys do mean to come after the U.S...
Indeed, the introduction of the so-called PSA (prostate specific antigen) test in 1998 appears to have had a significant effect on the results of various studies. In early, pre-PSA studies, more men overall ended up developing cancer - since they weren't screened for preliminary signs of the disease...