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| .7 Million Released for Tobacco Plan |
Maryland officials have freed funds to compensate farmers to stop growing tobacco as part of a buyout program, according to Robert L. "Bobby" Swann, interim executive director of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland. |
09/17/00 |
| Can't Quit Smoking? Eat More Oranges |
FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthSCOUT) -- How about an orange juice chaser with each cigarette you smoke? |
09/16/00 |
| Round two of tobacco payments under way |
FRANKFORT -- Applications for the second round of payments from the national settlement between cigarette manufacturers and tobacco growers will be mailed next week, and checks could go out in December. |
09/16/00 |
| Russia Sues U.S. Tobacco Cos. |
MIAMI (AP) - Joining a long line of nations seeking retribution from U.S. tobacco companies, Russia is suing the industry for damages in Miami, home of a record anti-tobacco jury verdict. |
09/15/00 |
| Lawmakers choose not to sell tobacco settlement |
LITTLE VALLEY - Cattaraugus County legislators Wednesday followed a path with other small counties across the state by opting not to sell its tobacco settlement money for a million lump sum. |
09/15/00 |
| Study Finds Brief, Effective Cessation Counseling Program Helps Pregnant Women Reduce Smoking |
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 13 (AScribe News) -- A brief cessation counseling program, which takes five to fifteen minutes of a health care provider's time with a pregnant woman, can result in 30 percent reduction of smoking, according to a study published in |
09/14/00 |
| Restaurants will survive no smoking laws, says epidemiologist |
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Restricting smoking in restaurants has not been a recipe for economic disaster in the restaurant business, despite predictions to the contrary, a review of existing data by a University at Buffalo epidemiologist has found. |
09/14/00 |
| Tobacco industry uses additives to mask odors |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cigarette manufacturers have gone to great lengths to mask the acrid smell of secondhand smoke by adding chemical additives to their products, according to a review of tobacco industry documents. |
09/13/00 |
| Anti-smoking TV spots may help people quit |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ill effects of cigarette advertising are well known. Now, researchers in the UK report that anti-smoking television spots might be effective in helping people quit. |
09/13/00 |
| Call for blanket ban on smoking |
Health groups today called for a blanket ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and hotels after a Victorian woman won damages because she suffered an asthma attack when dining in a restaurant which allowed smoking. |
09/13/00 |
| Lawmakers Target Underage Smokers |
The Suffolk legislature yesterday passed a bill that would allow police to seize cigarettes from underage smokers, even though anti-smoking groups and the county's health commissioner opposed the measure. |
09/13/00 |
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