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| EU Health Officials Against Tobacco |
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union health ministers today expressed support for a new plan to discourage smoking that calls for further cuts in tar and nicotine content and sterner warnings for consumers. |
11/18/99 |
| Activists Skeptical of Tobacco Deal |
NEW YORK (AP) -- Big Tobacco's big payout is about to begin, but leaders of the anti-smoking movement aren't celebrating. |
11/18/99 |
| City Students Debate Use of Tobacco Settlement Funds in Celebration Of American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout |
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-two city 6th-8th grade students today debated in the Chicago City Council Chambers how to spend the tobacco settlement funds, specifically advocating that at least 50% of the .1 billion be spent to keep kids from s |
11/18/99 |
| Women More Likely to Seek Help to Quit Smoking; Men Tough it Out |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Women are more likely than men to ask for help when trying to quit smoking, according to a national Yankelovich Partners survey conducted for the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) and released today. The s |
11/17/99 |
| Zyban(R) Gives Smokers a Fighting Chance to 'Win' Against Smoking Addiction |
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigarette smokers struggling to end their addiction may be able to use Zyban® (bupropion hydrochloride) Sustained-Release Tablets as part of a comprehensive program to help them ``ease into'' the quit |
11/17/99 |
| Bradley Adviser Is Linked to Tobacco Ads |
WASHINGTON -- Bill Bradley unveiled his first round of television commercials in his Presidential campaign Tuesday, but he came under immediate attack from Vice President Al Gore's advisers for relying on an advertising executive who once worked with the |
11/17/99 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Funds Community Anti-Tobacco Initiatives |
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott Northwestern Hospital's Healthier Communities Task Force has granted the following awards for programs related to smoking cessation and prevention. |
11/17/99 |
| American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Celebrates 23rd Year |
ATLANTA, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of the fact that tobacco users are becoming younger, educating and empowering youth about the dangers of smoking is the main theme for the 23rd anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smo |
11/17/99 |
| Fla. Smoker Urges Tobacco Damages |
MIAMI (AP) -- A cancer victim who is suing the nation's largest tobacco companies for damages testified today that she kept smoking even after her lung tumors were discovered because she ``was so stressed.'' |
11/16/99 |
| Tobacco Prevention Ads On MARTA This Month |
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999--This month, hundreds of advertisements in MARTA trains and buses, and posters next to convenience stores in Fulton County, aim to do the opposite of selling a product: they urge African-Americans to avoid tobacco. |
11/16/99 |
| Reynolds Tobacco Hails Appeals Court Ruling |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Labor union health funds and insurance companies suing the tobacco industry received another major setback this week from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, the fourth federal appeals |
11/16/99 |
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