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| Smoking Out Vending Machines |
During the last year, multi-billion dollar tobacco lawsuits have dominated the news, while the state government has engaged in legal maneuvers in an attempt to keep cigarettes away from young people. Included in those efforts is the banning of cigarette a |
07/19/01 |
| Smoking-Drinking Danger Proven a No-Brainer |
WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthScoutNews) -- Lighting up a smoke while downing a few drinks could be as dangerous as mixing and matching prescription drugs, a new study says. |
07/19/01 |
| NY judge dismisses European Community tobacco suit |
NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - A federal district court judge in Brooklyn has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the European Community against the top two U.S. tobacco companies over allegations involving smuggling of contraband cigarettes, Philip Morris Cos. I |
07/18/01 |
| U.S. to hold first settlement talks in tobacco suit |
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will hold its first meeting on Wednesday with tobacco companies to begin discussions about a possible settlement of the government's massive lawsuit, a department official said on Tuesday. |
07/18/01 |
| Saudi hospital, tobacco firms to meet over 15-billion-dollar claim |
RIYADH, July 18 (AFP) - Representatives from a top Saudi hospital and international tobacco firms are due to meet in Geneva Wednesday for talks on an out-of-court settlement over a 15-billion-dollar claim, a newspaper reported. |
07/18/01 |
| "We Card" Seminars Planned for Ohio Retailers |
JULY 18, 2001 -- Ohio's retailers, wholesalers and grocers, representing thousands of businesses in the state, have joined forces to help prevent tobacco sales to minors by sponsoring seven "We Card" training seminars in various locations throughout Ohio |
07/18/01 |
| Most Minnesota Smokers Want, Need Help to Quit; Survey Finds Nearly Half Could Not Quit When They Tried |
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost half (46%) of Minnesota's estimated 700,000 smokers try, but fail, to quit, according to a report released today by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross), the Minnesota Partnership for Action |
07/17/01 |
| Philip Morris Report Attacked |
GENEVA (AP) - Anti-smoking groups reacted angrily Tuesday to a report by cigarette giant Philip Morris that said tobacco could save a government millions of dollars in health care and pensions because many smokers die earlier. |
07/17/01 |
| Lethal effect of smoking on oocytes clarified |
WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) - The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found in tobacco smoke and elsewhere induce oocyte death by activating a preexisting apoptotic pathway rather than through some nonspecific toxic effect, according to a report pub |
07/17/01 |
| Tobacco Company Picks NASCAR |
NASCAR kept its top sponsor Tuesday when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. picked the Winston Cup stock car series as the one program it can bankroll under the 1998 tobacco settlement. |
07/17/01 |
| Petition drive seeks to ban smoking in workplaces |
TALLAHASSEE -- (AP) -- The state constitution would ban all smoking in restaurants and workplaces under an amendment proposed today by a coalition of health groups and advocates for children and the elderly. |
07/17/01 |
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