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| More American teens smoking bidis |
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters Health) -- More young Americans are smoking alternative tobacco products such as bidis and kretek cigarettes, leading federal researchers to call use of these products ``an emerging public health problem among US youth.'' |
01/28/00 |
| Smokers Seek Portion of Settlement |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- As states debate how to spend their first payments from the 6 billion national tobacco settlement, some smokers are planning lawsuits claiming some of the money belongs to them. |
01/27/00 |
| Pennsylvania Urban Hospitals Praise Governor's Plan for Tobacco Funds |
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Ridge's plan for the expenditure of Pennsylvania's portion of a national settlement with tobacco companies, estimated at billion over the next 25 years, is drawing praise from Pennsylvania's leading urb |
01/27/00 |
| Global Activists Raise Concerns About Tobacco Industry Political Influence In Tobacco Treaty Discussions |
BOSTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) meet in Geneva to discuss the WHO's proposed tobacco control treaty, called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). |
01/26/00 |
| Where's That Tobacco Money Going? |
The first installments of the 6 billion tobacco settlement are arriving in state capitals. In 2000, the states are due to get .4 billion. |
01/26/00 |
| Roper Starch Survey Shows Majority of Americans Opposed to Tobacco Tax Increase |
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent public opinion survey conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide shows that a majority of Americans do not support increasing taxes on cigarettes, even if the revenues would be used for Medicare coverage of prescripti |
01/25/00 |
| Ruling Favors Curbs on Tobacco Ads |
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has rejected a claim that Massachusetts's ban on outdoor tobacco advertising near schools violates the tobacco industry's free speech rights. |
01/25/00 |
| HHS launches ``Leading health indicator'' goals for nation |
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters Health) -- The federal government on Tuesday launched a program to begin tracking what it called ``leading health indicators,'' calling on individuals and the country as a whole to begin better monitoring and taking care of its |
01/25/00 |
| State's stop-smoking hotline goes into service |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A hotline has gone into operation to dispense information on how to stop smoking the first of several moves the state will make in 2000 to combat the use of tobacco among New Yorkers. |
01/24/00 |
| Anti-smoking effort gets small portion |
The state expects to spend million from its tobacco settlement on anti-smoking programs next year -- less than half of what anti-smoking advocates wanted. |
01/24/00 |
| Council revs up assault on smoking |
The dawn of a new millennium has apparently not improved the Marlboro Man's prospects in New York City. |
01/24/00 |
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