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| Attorney generals want ban on candy made from tobacco |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa joined 39 other states and one territory Wednesday in asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban sales of a candy-like tobacco product called Ariva. |
07/18/02 |
| State tobacco commission to provide college scholarship funds |
ABINGDON -- For the second consecutive year, the state's tobacco commission will provide college scholarship funds to the region's tobacco-producing families. |
07/18/02 |
| Avoid smoke, all smoke, new health guidelines advise |
Physicians have an obligation to tell every smoker to quit in a "clear, strong and personalized manner," and they should also warn non-smokers to avoid all exposure to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. |
07/16/02 |
| Tobacco as Cancer Research Tool |
OWENSBORO, Ky. -- The plants stretching their leaves toward the hot Kentucky sun in a greenhouse near here look like any other ordinary tobacco plant. They are anything but. Deep inside their cells, they are furiously cranking out microscopic fragments of |
07/15/02 |
| Screen May Detect High-Risk Lung Cancer |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Michigan scientists have developed a method of identifying which patients with early-stage lung cancer might benefit most from aggressive treatment. |
07/15/02 |
| Law firms to get .2 billion tobacco suit fee |
LOS ANGELES (AP) - About 60 law firms - four of them in California - that worked to get the state .4 billion as part of a nationwide tobacco settlement will split .25 billion in fees, a national arbitration panel said Monday. |
07/15/02 |
| Antitrust Class Actions Dismissed Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dismissing a consolidated antitrust class action brought on behalf of wholesalers across the country, a U.S. District Court (Northern District of Georgia - Atlanta Division) ruled that evidence did no |
07/15/02 |
| Pennsylvanians rush to stock up on cigarettes in the days before tax goes into effect |
Sometimes the line was 10 deep at the Choice Cigarette Discount Outlet in Bethel Park as smokers stocked up over the weekend in anticipation of today's cigarette tax hike. |
07/15/02 |
| Tobacco Farmers Want Their Due from the Cigarette Settlement |
Tobacco farmers feel like the teen-ager who didn't get asked to the prom. After cigarette companies hammered out their proposed 8 billion settlement with the government to protect themselves from smoking-related lawsuits, it seemed everyone got somethi |
07/15/02 |
| Dental test may help smokers quit |
A simple test carried out while sitting in the dentist’s chair could help many smokers fight and eventually kick their habit, say UK researchers. |
07/12/02 |
| State Rips Plan To Label Snuff `Safer' Tobacco |
Early in his career, veteran ballplayer and broadcaster Joe Garagiola roomed during spring training with a teammate who, before retiring, would spread newspapers on the floor around his bed so he could chew while reclining and spit on the floor. |
07/11/02 |
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