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| Massachusetts Digs 'First' Claims |
BOSTON (AP) - There are few phrases more cherished in the marble halls of the Massachusetts Statehouse than ``first in the nation.'' |
04/15/00 |
| Judge Limits Tobacco Ad Lawsuit |
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of placing advertisements in stores near youth-oriented products and using images that target minors will proceed without class-action status, a judge ruled. |
04/14/00 |
| Philip Morris now seeking FDA control, Cigarette-maker pushing Congress to act this year |
WASHINGTON -- Giant cigarette-maker Philip Morris is actively working for legislation in Congress this year that would provide federal regulation of tobacco -- on terms acceptable to the company. |
04/14/00 |
| State of Michigan Seeks Proposals to Award Million in Grants |
LANSING, Mich., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The State of Michigan issued a request for proposals (RFPs) today, seeking projects to fund with million in annual grants it has earmarked from state tobacco settlement money. The initial million is part of |
04/13/00 |
| New York state may pass "fire-safe" cigarette law |
ALBANY, N.Y., April 13 (Reuters) - New York may become the first state in the country to force tobacco companies to produce ``fire-safe'' cigarettes under legislation unveiled Thursday by state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. |
04/13/00 |
| Tobacco settlement division is reached |
FRANKFORT- County projects would get just over one-third of agriculture's share of the tobacco settlement money under a compromise reached yesterday after some tough negotiations. |
04/13/00 |
| Mich. U Eyes Tobacco Stock Selloff |
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A committee of faculty and students is urging the University of Michigan to sell its holdings in tobacco companies, accusing the industry of ``brazen dishonesty.'' |
04/12/00 |
| Smokers Denied Class Action in California |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., the maker of Kool and Lucky Strike, on Wednesday said a California court denied a class action suit against the cigarette maker, following the trend of courts rejecting mass class action cases |
04/12/00 |
| HIV increases emphysema risk |
NEW YORK, Apr 12 (Reuters Health) -- In a finding that hints at the origins of emphysema, Ohio researchers have discovered that HIV-infected smokers are at substantial risk for the lung disease. |
04/12/00 |
| Smoking boosts injury risk |
NEW YORK, Apr12 (Reuters Health) -- During basic training, army recruits who are smokers are 50% more likely to suffer injuries such as sprains and fractures than nonsmokers, new research shows. |
04/12/00 |
| Colorectal Cancer is Second Leading Cause of Cancer Death in Washington |
OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000--If Washington residents need one more reason to quit smoking or never start, the state Department of Health has one: It's called colorectal cancer, and it kills close to 1,000 men and women in our state eve |
04/11/00 |
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