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| California Appeal Court Upholds .5 Million Award in Landmark Tobacco Case |
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001--In a blow to tobacco giant Philip Morris Inc., a state appeal court today upheld a .5 million award to Patricia Henley who is battling lung cancer. |
11/08/01 |
| Duluth voters approve smoking ban |
Duluth voters approved Tuesday an existing smoking ban that was put to a public referendum and tough new amendments that end business hardship exemptions and give police authority to cite restaurant owners who allow smoking. |
11/07/01 |
| Initiative adding 60 cents in tax to every pack of cigarettes approved by Washington voters |
SEATTLE (AP) Washington voters approved a measure Tuesday that will add 60 cents to every pack of cigarettes, making the state's tobacco tax the highest in the nation. |
11/07/01 |
| 20% in central Colorado smoke |
Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - IDAHO SPRINGS - The Marlboro man is alive but not well in central Colorado, according to a new regional cancer study released Monday by the state health department. |
11/06/01 |
| Brown & Williamson Faces Claim in Connecticut Smoker's Death |
Rockville, Connecticut, Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. is defending itself in a Connecticut court against allegations the tobacco company is responsible for the death of a longtime smoker. |
11/06/01 |
| Tobacco industry funded 'good science,' witness says |
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) -- The tobacco industry created an independent, scientific body to study the links between smoking and health, and neither company executives nor their lawyers influenced which research projects were funded, a scientist testified Tues |
11/06/01 |
| Youths' tobacco-asthma links studied |
More than a quarter of fifth graders in Philadelphia's poor neighborhoods report having asthma, and being around tobacco smoke seems to be part of the reason, according to a study of 1,600 public school students. |
11/05/01 |
| High-schoolers reach out to schools with anti-smoking message |
A group of teens soon will take on the responsibility of teaching Rolling Meadows elementary and middle school students an important life lesson. |
11/05/01 |
| State could lose funds as clerks fail to keep cigarettes from minors |
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin could lose federal funds used to fight substance abuse because too many minors have been able to illegally buy cigarettes, according to a Department of Health and Family Services survey. |
11/04/01 |
| Big Tobacco's big bucks stay out of tax fight |
The tobacco industry is making history in Washington state by not spending prodigiously to defeat Initiative 773, the measure on Tuesday's ballot to add a 60-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes. |
11/03/01 |
| Anti-Tobacco Study Targets Pregnant Women |
(CNSNews.com) - A new study says that taxing cigarettes helps pregnant women kick the habit, but some tax experts say it's not that simple. |
11/02/01 |
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