The tobacco industry has also likened the addictiveness of cigarettes to caffeine, television and M&Ms In 1985, one tobacco vice president wondered, in reference to smoking-related deaths, if we should ban sleep since according to him the majority of people die in their sleep.+ In 1997, one tobacco company CEO said he would probably "instantly" shut his doors " to get a better hold on things " if it were proved to his satisfaction that smoking causes cancer
[378] New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) engineering director George Zaimes described the bridge's frame as being rusty, with some holes that were as large as a person's head
Federal officials, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, characterized the shooting as an act of self-defense on the part of the ICE agent who fired the weapon when the driver "attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle." However, numerous witnesses and local leaders are questioning that account
Each fund paid a share of this cost mostly in proportion to its share of the total taxes collected
SOURCES: Beth Cohen, MD, MAS, professor, medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
