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Doctors Worldwide Take Action Against Tobacco |
The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) will launch its Global Call to Action on Tobacco at the 16th WONCA
World Congress of Family Doctors scheduled for May in Durban. |
04/20/01 |
Tobacco securitization may work in Wisconsin |
The state Committee on Human Services and Aging held an informational public hearing on tobacco securitization at the Capitol yesterday. |
04/19/01 |
Tobacco Lozenges In The Works At Star Scientific |
Chewing, spitting, puffing are all actions associated with tobacco. But sucking? |
04/19/01 |
Philip Morris Profits Higher |
Boosted by increased market share for its premium cigarette brands, Philip Morris' profits rose 4 percent in the last quarter, the Associated Press reported April 17. |
04/19/01 |
Indiana Court Rules in Favor of Industry |
The tobacco industry has prevailed in another sick-smoker case, with the Indiana Supreme Court upholding a jury verdict dating back to 1996. |
04/19/01 |
Proposal would divert tobacco-prevention money |
Seventh-graders Dijon Duke and Andy Grams stood in front of the video camera, glared into the lens and said together: ``Thanks, Big Tobacco, for trying to kill us.'' |
04/18/01 |
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Reaches 9M |
Revenues from Missouri's share of the national tobacco settlement now stand at 9 million, KMBC 9 News reported. |
04/18/01 |
HealthMedia(R) and Georgetown University Launch Campus-Wide Smoking Cessation Program |
WASHINGTON, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthMedia, Inc., a leading-edge
lifestyle management and disease prevention company, together with Georgetown
University, announced today the launch of a unique, campus-wide smoking
cessation program, HealthMedia( |
04/18/01 |
Ecuador drops anti-tobacco suit, Philip Morris says |
MIAMI, April 17 (Reuters) - Ecuador's government has dropped a lawsuit against U.S. cigarette makers blamed for economic losses caused by lung cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses, tobacco-giant Philip Morris said on Tuesday. |
04/17/01 |
Indiana’s Health Will Improve With a Tobacco Tax Increase |
Washington, DC - The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids strongly supports the proposal by Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon to increase the state cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack. Gov. O’Bannon’s plan would reduce tobacco use among children, boost the sta |
04/17/01 |
Falling tobacco sales could hurt state programs |
Declining profits at the nation’s four big tobacco
companies could spell trouble for Nevada’s health
programs and Millennium Scholarship recipients. |
04/16/01 |