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| Committee opens debate on uses for tobacco settlement money |
ST. PAUL (AP) -- A Republican effort to strip a 0 million youth tobacco prevention fund got a hostile reception by witnesses before a House committee as debate over how to use Minnesota' s .1 billion tobacco settlement reopened in earnest. |
04/09/01 |
| Youth tobacco ban tough to enforce |
Citing teens for using tobacco products is an effective measure in curbing the youth smoking rate, which is 47 percent in Kentucky. But enforcing a law that prohibits teens from lighting up is difficult, if not nearly impossible to enforce. |
04/09/01 |
| Canada increases tobacco taxes to aid its smoking fight |
OTTAWA -- Canada, already hailing itself as the world's most anti-smoking nation, Thursday said it would increase tobacco taxes to raise C5 million (7 million U.S.) a year for a new strategy to make young and old butt out. |
04/08/01 |
| Tobacco lawsuits not snuffed out yet |
Nonsmoking flight attendants who fear that Marie Fontana's courtroom defeat last week dooms their cases should take heart. Most of them still have a good chance against the tobacco industry, and the Boca Raton woman's defeat is not as significant as a vic |
04/08/01 |
| House Unveils New Tobacco Money Spending Plan |
Missouri will soon get hundreds of millions of dollars from a national tobacco settlement, and lawmakers unveiled a new plan Thursday on how to spend it. |
04/06/01 |
| New ads to target passive smoking |
Minnesotans are about to get peppered with clever messages about the dangers of secondhand smoke. |
04/06/01 |
| Jury: Tobacco Industry Not Liable |
MIAMI (AP) - A flight attendant awaiting a lung transplant is not entitled to money from the tobacco industry for illnesses she blames on cigarette smoke in jetliner cabins, a jury decided Thursday. |
04/05/01 |
| Smoking Study Brings Mixed Reaction |
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women smokers may face a higher risk of bladder cancer than men who smoke the same amount, a new study suggests. Some cancer experts, however, are skeptical about the findings. |
04/04/01 |
| New Worldwide Program Launched to Save Lives For Those Suffering From Chronic Lung Disease |
LONDON, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The first international guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in the world (1), were released today by an international te |
04/04/01 |
| Tobacco giants in anti-smoking ads |
Three of the world’s biggest tobacco manufacturers are joining forces to launch a global anti-youth smoking campaign in the face of growing cynicism about their international marketing activities. |
04/04/01 |
| Nicotine & Tobacco Research |
Nicotine & Tobacco Research aims to publish original research, conceptual articles, and reviews on the broad range of topics related to the title subject. The journal's multidisciplinary approach is exemplified by its inclusion of research that ranges fro |
04/04/01 |
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