| Title |
Intro |
Date |
| Smoke ban goes private |
Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban smoking in city bars and restaurants will also include private clubs - those smoke-filled bastions that Bloomberg once suggested would not be covered under his toughest-in-the-nation ban. |
09/24/02 |
| Ex-Tobacco Exec Speaks On Industry |
Jeffrey Wigand, the tobacco industry whistle-blower and subject of the movie "The Insider," emphasized the importance of being honest and the dark side of smoking in a speech Thursday evening. |
09/23/02 |
| China's Healthy Ban on Foreign Butts |
Foreign cigarette companies have been battering on China's doors for years. That's no surprise. It accounts for about one-third of the world's 1 billion or so smokers. China now has 320 million smokers -- more than the entire U.S. population. |
09/23/02 |
| Tobacco expelled from school grounds |
It's fourth down, just seconds left in the game, and the hometown high school football team is two points down. The field-goal kicker has one shot to win the game - and he's your son. Sitting nervously in the grandstand, you reach for the pack of cigarett |
09/23/02 |
| Philip Morris Sues to Block Internet Cigarette Sales |
New York, Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Morris Cos., the world's largest tobacco company, said it sued to block illegal sales of Marlboro and other cigarettes over the Internet, as black market sales increase because of higher U.S. prices. |
09/23/02 |
| State increasingly relying on higher cigarette taxes |
BOSTON - The state is increasingly dependant on declining numbers of smokers to boost tax revenues, a tactic that historically has resulted in an influx of new revenue, followed by a gradual tapering off. |
09/23/02 |
| 0M lost to smokes smugglers |
Freelance smugglers, organized crime and Internet sources are flooding New York's neighborhoods with cheap cigarettes that would bring the city and state upward of 0 million a year in taxes on the legitimate market. |
09/23/02 |
| New cigarette tax raising more money than expected |
Linda Harley, a pack-a-day smoker, doesn't need state statistics to tell her people are still buying cigarettes despite a new 31-cent tax. |
09/22/02 |
| Doctor fights pharmacies over cigarette sales |
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP- In many local pharmacies, customers can purchase everything from cold medicine to candy bars. They can also buy cigarettes, a practice Dr. Vernon Daly wants stopped. |
09/22/02 |
| Big tobacco goes to trial next week |
Unless halted by the Louisiana Supreme Court or a hurricane threat, the trial of a statewide class-action lawsuit against the nation's biggest tobacco companies is set to begin Tuesday morning in Civil District Court in New Orleans. |
09/21/02 |
| Survey Says Teen Smoking Is in Decline |
Smoking among teenagers has dropped significantly in the last two years, according to a new survey. |
09/19/02 |
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