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Date |
| Tobacco Co. Attacks 'The Insider' |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A big cigarette maker is taking on Walt Disney, saying its new docudrama movie ``The Insider'' about a tobacco industry whistleblower maliciously distorts the truth. |
11/12/99 |
| Groups say tobacco lobbyists may have flouted state law |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A tobacco company strategy memo which may or may not exist has become the latest focus of anti-tobacco forces in Albany and their campaign to toughen New York's lobbying laws. |
11/11/99 |
| The Boston Globe Will No Longer Accept Tobacco Product Advertisements |
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999--The Boston Globe said today that it will no longer accept or carry advertisements that promote tobacco products or smoking. The new policy is effective immediately for the pages of the Globe newspaper, and January 1 |
11/11/99 |
| Philip Morris Works on Its Image |
Giant marketer is seeking to ingratiate itself with consumers at a time when its principal product is being excoriated more relentlessly than ever. |
11/11/99 |
| Britain Busts Europe-Wide Tobacco Smuggling Ring |
LONDON (Reuters) - British customs officers said on Wednesday they had broken up a multi-million-pound ring of Europe-wide tobacco smugglers, arresting 11 men and seizing 3.5 million cigarettes. |
11/10/99 |
| Students and Teachers Urge CREF to Divest of Tobacco Stocks: College Students Take Aim At Kraft Foods To Stop Tobacco Marketing To Kids Worldwide |
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As educators invested in the world's largest private pension fund vote on whether to divest of tobacco stocks at the College Retirement Equities Fund annual meeting today in New York City, students and teachers on college |
11/09/99 |
| Tobacco Co. Surveys Moviegoers |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brown & Williamson surveyed moviegoers at screenings of ``The Insider'' over the weekend in the Twin Cities and seven other markets, possibly preparing for a lawsuit against the film's producer. |
11/09/99 |
| Ireland's pubs fume as MPs eye smoking ban |
DUBLIN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Irish MPs on Tuesday recommended banning smoking in public -- a move greeted as a breath of fresh air by non-smokers but pilloried as a smokescreen by irate pub landlords who fear it will kill off business. |
11/09/99 |
| California's Ethnic Leaders Blast Philip Morris for Targeting Their Communities |
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999--The California Joint Ethnic Tobacco Education Networks Tuesday issued the following statement.
In a step to expose the truth behind some of the tobacco industry's latest products and campaigns, California's |
11/09/99 |
| Brown & Williamson's Response to 'The Insider' |
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation has released the following statement in response to the release of the film ``The Insider.''
Warning: Viewing This Movie
Will Be Hazard |
11/08/99 |
| Lung Cancer Remains Top Cancer Killer of Women According to the National Foundation for Cancer Research |
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer death of women in the United States and new cases in women are poised to outpace cases among men for the first time ever. |
11/08/99 |
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