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| One in Four Americans Still Smoking |
ATLANTA (AP) - The number of American adults who smoke held steady in 1998 at one in four - a rate that hardly budged during the 1990s despite anti-tobacco campaigns and new kick-the-habit aids like nicotine gum and the patch. |
10/06/00 |
| 'Safer' Cigarettes Labeled Unsafe by Opponents |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the wake of recent test-marketing of a new and reportedly less-toxic cigarette, several anti-smoking organizations across the US have disputed the idea of a ``safer'' cigarette. |
10/06/00 |
| Young Adults Get Equal Lights |
THURSDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthSCOUT) -- Young adults have now caught up to older adults, at least when it comes to smoking cigarettes, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says today. |
10/06/00 |
| Most states neglect intent of tobacco deal, report finds |
Like smoke rings vanishing in the air, money from the huge settlement between the tobacco industry and 46 states continues to drift away from anti-smoking efforts, speakers at a Senate committee hearing said yesterday. |
10/06/00 |
| Reno Asks for Help With Tobacco Suit |
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department will have to drop its massive lawsuit against the tobacco industry unless Congress appropriates million to pay for it, Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday. |
10/05/00 |
| EU Tobacco Ad Ban Overturned |
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's court overturned an EU ban on tobacco advertising Thursday, ruling that the prohibition was legally flawed. |
10/05/00 |
| Co. Testing Reduced-Risk Cigarettes |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A small tobacco company is test-marketing in Virginia and Kentucky a new type of cigarette that it says has lower levels of one type of cancer-causing substance than regular brands. |
10/04/00 |
| 'Non-burning' cigarette no healthier, study says |
A new ''non-burning'' cigarette that R.J. Reynolds says has an 80 percent lower level of cancer-causing chemicals than typical ultralight brands is actually just as carcinogenic or more, according to a study by the state Department of Public Health. |
10/04/00 |
| Cigarette firms block EU ban on advertising |
Tobacco firms are expected to win a legal victory tomorrow, blocking EU moves to ban advertising of cigarettes in Europe. The plan is likely to be annulled by the European Court of Justice after a legal challenge by manufacturers. |
10/04/00 |
| Schools Test Students for Cigarettes |
As the new school year gets underway, kids across the country have a new test to worry about passing their nicotine screening. |
10/04/00 |
| Council gives eateries non-smoke break |
Restaurants that ban smoking in their dining areas will receive a break on their business license fees in the city of Atlanta. |
10/03/00 |
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