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| Maine Rejects Cigarette Butt Bill |
AUGUSTA, Maine –– A bill that would have created the nation's first cigarette butt deposit law was overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday by the Maine House. |
05/02/01 |
| Activists Seek World Advertising Controls On Tobacco |
GENEVA (AP)--Global controls on tobacco advertising could help developing world workers, activists said Tuesday. |
05/02/01 |
| State Offers Tobacco Quit Line |
MADISON, 4:55 p.m. CDT May 1, 2001 -- A new plan aimed at helping more people quit smoking will offer counseling over a telephone line to people who are addicted. |
05/01/01 |
| House passes blueprint for spending tobacco money |
The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a blueprint that would parse out the state's tobacco money among a prescription drug benefit, research, anti-tobacco programs and youth development. |
05/01/01 |
| Study: Passive Smoke Is Full of Holes |
MONDAY, April 30 (HealthScout) -- If your kid's report card from the dentist comes back full of holes, there's a chance that second-hand smoke could be what's keeping him from making the grade. |
05/01/01 |
| Tobacco Company Sets Up Smoker Tent |
TORONTO –– Forget huddling on the sidewalk in the cold. Smokers in Toronto's financial district now have a luxurious canopy lounge complete with reclining chairs and TVs to relax in during their smoke breaks – courtesy of a Canadian tobacco company. |
05/01/01 |
| Massachusetts tobacco restrictions being challenged |
Washington -- The U.S. Supreme Court will be the staging area for the latest skirmish in the tobacco wars, as cigarette makers yet again square off against anti-smoking forces, this time over a Massachusetts state regulation restricting tobacco advertisin |
04/30/01 |
| New Research Rekindles Cigarette Tax Debate |
Remember that weekly allowance you had as a kid? With the spare change you got from a job or from your parents, you could buy the latest music, get some stylish new clothes or even go out to eat with your friends. Would you use the money to buy cigarettes |
04/30/01 |
| Statewide changes could nullify smoking ban |
The Minnesota Department of Health's lengthy process to update the state's 25-year-old law banning or limiting smoking in schools, hospitals, child care centers, sports arenas, businesses and restaurants is nearing conclusion. |
04/30/01 |
| As US Online Tobacco Sales Soar To Billion In 2005, States Will Lose .4 Billion Of Tax Revenue |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2001--Today, more than 100
tobacco e-tailers sell tobacco tax-free and without verifying buyers' age --
creating challenges for parents, public policy advocates, and lawmakers. By
2005, tobacco e-tailers wil |
04/30/01 |
| Tobacco foes, lawmakers clash on use of funds from settlement |
TALLAHASSEE -- Anti-smoking groups mobilized their members Wednesday to fight a decision by legislative leaders to tap more than 0 million in anticipated tobacco settlement money to balance the state budget and cut taxes. |
04/27/01 |