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| Judge Makes Rule on Tobacco Damages |
MIAMI (AP) - The tobacco industry has won a key victory in a landmark trial, with a judge ruling that jurors weighing potentially billions of dollars in punitive damages cannot consider ordering payments over time. |
06/08/00 |
| Lawmakers Seek to Block 'Gray Market' Tobacco |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers Wednesday introduced legislation aimed at cracking down on ''gray market'' cigarettes, which are supposed to be exported but end up being sold domestically, tax-free and often to teen-agers. |
06/08/00 |
| Tobacco-Cash Bill Lets Voters Decide |
To ensure Orange County voters can decide in November how to spend the county's tobacco settlement dollars, state Sen. Joe Dunn introduced legislation Wednesday to block county supervisors from committing the money this summer for other purposes. |
06/08/00 |
| Teens weigh in on smoking bill |
Maurice Johnson, 17, is a veteran smoker. The South Boston teenager has been at it for years, getting cigarettes from friends and lighting up wherever he feels the urge. The urge came yesterday afternoon outside Copley Place Mall as two police officers s |
06/08/00 |
| Canada tobacco executives make rare admission of risk |
OTTAWA, June 8 (Reuters) - Executives of Canada's tobacco companies made rare public admissions of the health risks of smoking on Thursday. |
06/08/00 |
| Tobacco Industry Said Worth 7B |
MIAMI (AP) - A jury considering punitive damages for smokers has lots of numbers to choose from based on the testimony of just one witness. |
06/07/00 |
| RJR Won't Change Ad Policy |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. plans to maintain its advertising policy and not follow Philip Morris USA in reducing cigarette ads in magazines with large youth readerships. |
06/07/00 |
| Vitamin C or E does not reduce oxidative stress in young smokers |
WESTPORT, Jun 06 (Reuters Health) - Supplementation with the antioxidants vitamin C or vitamin E does not appear to reduce oxidative stress in young smokers, according to a report in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. |
06/07/00 |
| In a First, Va. Aims To Deter Smoking |
RICHMOND, June 6 -- A Virginia panel voted today to spend .8 million from the national tobacco settlement on fighting youth smoking, marking the first time the Old Dominion, which long prospered on the world's taste for tobacco, has spent state money t |
06/07/00 |
| By targeting use, bill seeks to snuff out youth smoking |
Critics call it a massive loophole in Massachusetts' smoking laws: While selling cigarettes to a minor is illegal, there is nothing to stop a teenager from puffing the day away in plain view. |
06/07/00 |
| Teacher Fund To Sell Tobacco Stocks |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California's teacher pension fund said Wednesday it will sell all of its tobacco holdings, more than 7 million worth of tobacco stocks, because they are a bad investment. |
06/07/00 |
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