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| Tobacco stocks again tempt Florida |
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida officials were poised Wednesday to begin buying lucrative tobacco stocks again, eyeing profits over the moral objections of anti-smoking and health groups. |
05/31/01 |
| British Parents Don't Know Smoking Harms Children |
LONDON (Reuters Health) - Many British parents are unaware that exposing children to tobacco smoke has been linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), asthma and other diseases, a survey released Thursday reveals. |
05/31/01 |
| State draws line on aid to smokers |
State Medicaid officials are implementing regulations that will deny smoking cessation drugs to welfare recipients and the working poor - populations with the state's highest smoking rates. |
05/31/01 |
| Canada mulls ban on "light" cigarettes |
OTTAWA, May 30 (Reuters) - Canadian Health Minister Allan Rock intends to challenge tobacco firms to remove cigarettes dubbed ``light'' and ``mild'', due to concerns that the designation does more harm than good, a spokeswoman for his office said on Wedne |
05/31/01 |
| EU Proposes New Ban on Tobacco Ads |
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union's head office proposed tough new restrictions on tobacco advertising Wednesday that could outlaw cigarette ads in newspapers, magazines and at international sports events around the EU. |
05/30/01 |
| Tobacco firm Altadis wins smoker's suit |
MADRID, May 30 (Reuters) - French-Spanish tobacco company Altadis said on Tuesday a judge has thrown out the latest Spanish lawsuit brought by smokers or their families seeking compensation for damages caused by smoking. |
05/30/01 |
| Instant Gratification, Addictive Behaviors May Lie in Specific Brain Area |
May 25, 2001 -- Good things may come to those who wait, but people who act impulsively simply can't wait for their rewards, and settle for whatever they can get NOW. A new study suggests that impulsive behavior -- a feature of addictions, attention-defici |
05/30/01 |
| Settlement will go to more recipients |
FRANKFORT- A grower or farm owner who had a ``vested interest'' in tobacco production in any of the last three years can share in a national tobacco settlement, an oversight board decided yesterday. |
05/30/01 |
| Students Attend Anti-Smoking Rally |
Three thousand Milwaukee middle school students Wednesday morning attended an anti-tobacco rally at the Milwaukee auditorium. |
05/30/01 |
| Smokers left out |
The more than 0 million Colorado has received in the tobacco lawsuit settlement is teaching children to read, mothers to raise healthy babies and teens the dangers of smoking. |
05/29/01 |
| Farmers Grow Nicotine-Free Tobacco |
BELZONI, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi, a pioneer in making cigarette makers pay billions of dollars for smoking-related illnesses, is now home to a crop of tobacco that the developer touts as being virtually nicotine-free. |
05/29/01 |
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