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| Cigarettes caused illnesses, Newport maker's CEO says |
MIAMI, June 28 (Reuters) - The head of a tobacco company founded before the American Revolution told a Miami courtroom on Wednesday that cigarettes caused the lung cancer, emphysema and other illnesses of some Florida smokers suing Big Tobacco. |
06/28/00 |
| Drug therapies for fighting smoking |
According to health care experts who had a hand in developing the federal government's new anti-smoking guidelines, the policy to be released today will provide specific instructions on how to use several common drug therapies in combination. Drug therapi |
06/27/00 |
| Judge dismisses private effort to get part of state's tobacco settlement |
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit by a Burlington smoker who wanted some of the money the state of Vermont is receiving from the tobacco industry. |
06/27/00 |
| New York Jury Rejects Ex-Smoker's Cancer Claim |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury in the New York State Supreme Court for Kings County in Brooklyn on Tuesday rejected claims by a former smoker and his wife that he got lung cancer and emphysema from smoking, lawyers said. |
06/27/00 |
| Brazil Co. made To Pay Cancer Bills |
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's largest cigarette manufacturer must pay the medical bills of a terminally ill cancer patient who said he contracted the disease by smoking the company's cigarettes for 27 years, a judge said Tuesday. |
06/27/00 |
| US Urges Smokers to Kick the Habit with Medication |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday urged doctors and insurance companies to prescribe and pay for medication that can help millions of Americans stop smoking. |
06/27/00 |
| Report: Smokers Need More Help |
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans who smoke want to quit but get little help from their doctors, who often don't even ask whether they smoke or offer treatments, according to a report released Tuesday. |
06/27/00 |
| Philip Morris To Acquire Nabisco |
NEW YORK (AP) - A little over a year after getting out of the cigarette business, the nation's No. 1 cookie and cracker maker is back with Big Tobacco. |
06/26/00 |
| Govt Puts Warning Labels On Cigars |
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government ordered tough new health warnings on cigar packages Monday, requiring manufacturers to prominently display messages warning of health risks and the effects of second-hand smoke - a first for a tobacco product. |
06/26/00 |
| Clinton Pressures House on Tobacco |
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton pressured the House on Thursday to give the Justice Department enough money to pursue its huge lawsuit against the tobacco industry. ``Let the American people have their day in court,'' the president said. |
06/23/00 |
| Philip Morris Claims New Attitude |
MIAMI (AP) - A Philip Morris Inc. executive testified Friday that a new sense of responsibility has developed at the cigarette maker, which is trying to avoid paying punitive damages to 300,000 to 700,000 sick Florida smokers. |
06/23/00 |
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