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| Tobacco Co. Beginning Direct Sales |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Brown & Williamson Tobacco hopes to do for cigarettes what L.L. Bean has done for khakis. |
10/13/00 |
| Philip Morris Admits Smoking Deadly |
GENEVA (AP) - Major tobacco companies have admitted to the World Health Organization that cigarettes are addictive and harmful, but have said they will resist tough global controls. |
10/13/00 |
| U.S. asks judge to reinstate part of tobacco claims |
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to reconsider her decision dismissing one count of its lawsuit seeking to recover money spent by the federal government on smoking-related illnesses. |
10/13/00 |
| International Cigarette Smuggling Rages Out of Control |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only a multilateral convention similar to that used to control international arms sales can hope to stop billions of dollars in cigarette smuggling, researchers report. |
10/13/00 |
| Hospital Employees Are Exposed to Secondhand Smoke |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though indoor smoking is banned at medical centers, many employees continue to smoke, thereby exposing a significant percentage of non-smoking employees to secondhand smoke, according to results of a recent survey. |
10/12/00 |
| Investigational drug study may determine if lung cancer is preventable in cigarette smokers |
CHICAGO --- Researchers at The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University are seeking participants for a study of an investigational drug that may prevent cigarette smokers from developing lung cancer. |
10/12/00 |
| Harvard Study Links Tomato-Rich Foods and Carrots to Reduced Risk Of Lung Cancer |
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study conducted by a team of Harvard researchers links diets rich in tomato-based foods and carrots to reduced risk of lung cancer. Each year in the United States, over 150,000 men and women die of lung cancer -- mo |
10/11/00 |
| Tobacco settlement money funds hard-hitting ads |
Gloved hands squeeze gobs of fatty deposits from the aorta of a deceased, 32-year-old smoker. |
10/11/00 |
| County gets boost in war on tobacco |
Anti-smoking efforts in Snohomish County got a quarter-million-dollar windfall Tuesday, its share of the million Washington will receive this year from tobacco companies. |
10/11/00 |
| WHO and Big Tobacco face off at anti-smoking summit |
GENEVA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The world's top cigarette makers and their arch rival, the World Health Organisation, face off in unprecedented public hearings in Geneva on Thursday and Friday to debate a potentially industry-hobbling anti-tobacco pact. |
10/11/00 |
| Public Hearings on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
The World Health Organization (WHO) will conduct two days of public hearings on the proposed Framework Convention on Tobacco Control from 12-13 October 2000. The hearings, a first in WHO's history, will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Geneva Inte |
10/11/00 |
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