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| State allots tobacco case settlement |
Four years after the 6 billion national tobacco settlement, Oklahoma is moving slowly toward spending it on tobacco prevention and cessation programs. |
08/25/02 |
| L.A. Lawyer Takes on Cigarette Makers, One Lawsuit at a Time |
Los Angeles, Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lawyer Michael Piuze keeps his last pack of cigarettes in a drawer at home. The 20-year- old pack is a daily reminder of his struggle against the tobacco industry. |
08/21/02 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco to Mail Coupons to Smokers of Its Brands |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. has mailed coupons to smokers to counter a similar program started by Philip Morris Cos. |
08/21/02 |
| Smoker's suit vs Philip Morris set to begin in LA |
LOS ANGELES, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The trial of a California smoker's suit against Philip Morris that begins on Tuesday is being closed watched to see if a recent ruling by the state's highest court will help turn the tide in a stream of California jury verd |
08/20/02 |
| UST Withdraws Its Request To FTC to Allow Ad Claims |
Smokeless-tobacco maker UST Inc. has withdrawn a request to the Federal Trade Commission for permission to claim in advertisements that dipping snuff is safer than puffing cigarettes. |
08/20/02 |
| Cigarette Tax Increase Threatens California Cigar and Pipe Retailers |
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigar and pipe smokers throughout California are discovering that the retail price of their products will increase by 50% next July if a proposed increase in the state cigarette tax is approved. |
08/20/02 |
| Tobacco Firms Fault Winston Suit |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Two big tobacco companies asked a judge Monday to throw out a damage lawsuit filed by a former cigarette ad model who said he never smoked their brand. |
08/19/02 |
| Higher Cigarette Taxes Even in Virginia? |
www.CNSNews.com - (CNSNews.com) - With 18 states having already approved cigarette tax increases in 2002, the pressure could be mounting for a hike in Virginia, home of the nation's lowest state cigarette tax and home to the tobacco manufacturing giant Ph |
08/18/02 |
| Light smokers heavily at risk of heart attack |
Women who smoke just three cigarettes a day, and men who smoke six, have double the risk of heart attack, a major Danish study shows. Even people who said they did not inhale had a dramatically increased heart attack risk. |
08/15/02 |
| Smoking, Coffee May Up Risk of Rare Type of Stroke |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a new study suggest that smoking, coffee drinking and high blood pressure increase the risk of having a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of stroke caused by bleeding in the brain. |
08/15/02 |
| Smokers Steamed Over NYC Smoking Ban |
NEW YORK (AP) - The smoke hangs thick at Pete's Tavern, swirling through the 138-year-old pub as the lunch-hour conversation turns to the mayor's plan to ban smoking in thousands of bars and restaurants across the city. |
08/15/02 |
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