Safety Of "Alternative" Tobacco Products, Effort To Study Lead By Georgetown
A nationwide consortium of researchers, led by Georgetown University Medical Center, has been awarded a five-year, million grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to determine if alternative
tobacco products reduce health risks as they either ov
read more ...09/25/06
Proctor schools get ,000 from tobacco settlementThe Proctor Public Schools will get ,416 as part of their share from a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota lawsuit against the
tobacco industry.
read more ...01/18/06
Smoking StudyNearly 40 percent of Minnesotans 18 to 24 smoke at least once in a while, and a third of them smoke every day -- nearly twice the rate of older adults, according to new study.
read more ...01/22/04
Light Cigarettes are More Dangerous Than Regular Cigarettes, According to Landmark 'Light Lie' Ruling Against Philip MorrisEDWARDSVILLE, Ill., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Friday's landmark billion Illinois Circuit Court verdict against Philip Morris in the nation's first class action consumer fraud lawsuit on light
cigarettes has medical and legal implications that will foll
read more ...03/24/03
End of anti-tobacco program dreadedJosh Reuter didn't mince words as he showed an old Flintstones cartoon clip to Aurora Ortiz's sixth-grade class in St. Paul on Wednesday.
read more ...02/20/03