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Date |
| Kids Across America 'Kick Butts' On April 3; Kids Call for Action
as States Make Critical Decisions on Tobacco Prevention |
WASHINGTON, April 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Thousands of kids across
America take center stage in the fight against tobacco on April 3
as they participate in the seventh annual Kick Butts Day. More
than 1,500 separate events are planned in all 50 states. |
04/03/02 |
| Hundreds of Connecticut teens rally at Capitol for anti-smoking laws |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Hundreds of Connecticut teen-agers rallied outside the state Capitol in support of anti-smoking legislation Wednesday, the same day that a cigarette tax increase took effect. |
04/03/02 |
| Big tobacco cut down to size, yet again |
America’s justice department is seeking unprecedented restrictions on the marketing of tobacco, according to recently-filed pre-trial documents. This comes as a surprise as the Bush administration had sought a settlement of the three-year-old case. The |
04/02/02 |
| Legislative committee rejects smoking rules |
A legislative committee on Tuesday rejected rules by the state Board of Health that would ban smoking in most public places, including rules approved by Gov. Frank Keating to prohibit smoking in ambulances and public areas of hospitals and nursing homes. |
04/02/02 |
| Landmark National Cancer Institute Report Concludes Cigarette Tax
Increases, Tobacco Prevention Programs Reduce Youth Smoking |
WASHINGTON, April 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A report on adolescent
smoking released today by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
concludes that cigarette tax increases and comprehensive tobacco
prevention programs are proven effective at reducing the num |
04/02/02 |
| Lung research hints at fresh therapy |
Evidence of blood vessel damage in the lungs of smokers with early lung disease could lead researchers towards new drugs. |
04/01/02 |
| State to help smokers 'Try to Stop' |
The Rhode Island Department of Health today is launching a broad effort to encourage the state's 220,000 smokers to quit, offering a toll-free phone line, a Web site and treatment programs at 13 locations. |
04/01/02 |
| In need of money, states seem addicted to tobacco windfall |
OLYMPIA -- Less than four years ago, Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire helped win billions in restitution from tobacco companies for 46 states. She saw the money as a bonanza for smoking prevention and public health programs. |
04/01/02 |
| Relative of Snake Venom Toxin May Aid in Understanding Nicotine Addiction |
March 18, 2002— Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates the sensitivity of specific receptors in the brain that are targets of nicotine, the primary addictive drug in tobacco. The researchers say that the protein |
03/28/02 |
| Central Florida city will no longer hire tobacco users |
ST. CLOUD, Fla. New city employees will only be hired if they sign an affidavit swearing they haven't used tobacco in the last 12 months and they submit to regular medical tests to prove they have stayed tobacco-free, officials said. |
03/27/02 |
| Study: States lose money on Medicaid by not stopping smoking |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina spends millions of dollars every year in treating smoking-related illnesses, but currently spends none of its tobacco settlement money on smoking prevention, a new reports says. |
03/27/02 |
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