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Intro |
Date |
| Tobacco Payment Cuts Worry States |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- State governments fearful of losing billions in tobacco settlement money are scurrying to find ways to keep the cash coming in the face of lagging cigarette sales and high-stakes litigation in Florida. |
04/26/00 |
| Illinois 1 of 2 states giving tobacco money to taxpayers |
When state leaders decided to allocate 0 million from the windfall tobacco settlement to property-tax relief, Illinois joined Connecticut as the only states to return any of the new revenue to taxpayers. |
04/26/00 |
| Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Applauds Maine for Tobacco Prevention Funding |
WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Campaign For
Tobacco-Free Kids applauds Maine's governor and Legislature for
taking the lead in tobacco prevention and authorizing more than
million from the state's first year tobacco settlement payme |
04/26/00 |
| House passes lump-sum tobacco deal |
Measures to protect Colorado's share of tobacco settlement money, create a fund to finance several new programs and establish the governor's third-grade reading program won House approval Monday. One of the proposals, House Bill 1454, would protect Colora |
04/25/00 |
| Md. Rejected Offer to Cut Tobacco Fee, Angelos Says |
Lawyer Peter G. Angelos said yesterday that he offered to accept a 0 million payment for representing Maryland in its suit against cigarette companies but that the state rejected his demand that it spend an equal amount to computerize classrooms throug |
04/25/00 |
| Georgia Protects Tobacco |
ATLANTA (AP) - When states sued tobacco companies en masse over smokers' illnesses, Georgia joined in for a share of the cash settlement. Now attacks on the industry are taking a toll at home, and state lawmakers want to cushion the blow. |
04/24/00 |
| Smoking cessation aids help smokers quit |
Rather than quitting cold turkey, more smokers are seeking assistance to help them quit smoking, and it seems to improve their odds of success, according to a new study. |
04/24/00 |
| Tobacco suit billions are in demand: Counties, cities debate the best use of funds |
As chairwoman of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, Lois Wolk would like her county to remain true to the state's lawsuit against the tobacco industry. She wants the millions of settlement dollars coming to Yolo to pay for health care and efforts to re |
04/24/00 |
| Children will gain from tobacco funds |
The higher the quality of care a child receives in his earliest years, the greater the chance for his later success. With that in mind, Gov. Paul Patton pushed for 25 percent of the tobacco settlement money to go toward an initiative to improve early chil |
04/24/00 |
| Virginia Tobacco Farmers To Get Big Chunk of Settlement |
RICHMOND -- Virginia tobacco farmers can breathe a sigh of relief: national tobacco settlement money that they hoped to share in won't be diverted to road projects in the north and southeast regions of the state. |
04/24/00 |
| Judge Refuses Smoking Trial Delay |
MIAMI (AP) - A judge refused a tobacco industry request Monday to delay the punitive damages phase in a landmark smokers' case that has already yielded .7 million in compensatory damages. |
04/24/00 |
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