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| Teens are hard to scare out of the habit |
Ray Lader, a 17-year-old from Punta Gorda, Fla., quit his two-year, 10-cigarettes-a-day habit for a very adult reason: his health. Lader says that the year after he picked up smoking, his baseball stats suffered: "I had fewer doubles and triples because I |
05/23/00 |
| Landmark Legislation Marks First Step Toward Tobacco-Free Youth |
JACKSON, Miss., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly five months of youth- led lobbying, the Mississippi legislature passed House Bill 641 banning the use of tobacco products on school grounds, thanks to the lobbying efforts of Frontline, Mississippi's ant |
05/23/00 |
| Anti-smoking lobby embarks on global initiative |
MEXICO CITY: The international drive against cigarette smoking will turn a new corner in October when the World Health Organisation (WHO) opens its first-ever public hearings on global tobacco control. |
05/23/00 |
| China Drops Ban on U.S. Tobacco |
WASHINGTON (AP) - China dropped an 11-year-old ban on the importation of American tobacco Tuesday on the eve of the House vote on whether to grant the Chinese permanent normal trade relations. |
05/23/00 |
| Facts About Smoking Declines |
Facts and figures about the global decline in smoking from the U.S. government, international agencies and Worldwatch: |
05/22/00 |
| US tobacco firms lose bid to oust Florida judge |
WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal by cigarette makers seeking to remove the trial judge who has presided over the massive, landmark sick-smokers case in Florida. |
05/22/00 |
| Smokers' lawsuit's final act starting |
The final act in a landmark Big Tobacco trial gets under way in Miami today when the legal team for some 500,000 Florida smokers will ask jurors to punish major U.S. cigarette makers for deceiving them about the health risks of smoking. |
05/22/00 |
| Tobacco Chief: B Verdict Is High |
MIAMI (AP) - Philip Morris' tobacco chief says his company cannot afford to split even half of what Big Tobacco could be forced to shell out in a landmark smokers' case against the industry. |
05/22/00 |
| Lawyer: Big Tobacco Hasn't Changed |
MIAMI (AP) - Big Tobacco has not truly changed its ways and should be punished financially for decades of misconduct, an attorney seeking punitive damages for sick smokers told a jury today. |
05/22/00 |
| U.S. Cigarette Exports Drop |
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are rejecting the smoking habit at a surprisingly rapid rate, a trend that is going global. |
05/21/00 |
| Tobacco Studied for HIV Vaccine |
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A vaccine against the HIV virus may lie in a plant blamed for millions of deaths each year: tobacco. |
05/21/00 |
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