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| City's Smoking Ban May Apply To Jails |
Correction officials and city lawyers are looking into whether the new ban on smoking at virtually all bars, restaurants and offices also applies to city jails. |
01/05/03 |
| Pharmacia Response Statement to NRT Safety and Lung Cancer Risk |
PEAPACK, N.J., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A recent laboratory study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that nicotine used to help smokers quit may promote lung cancer. However, there is no clinical evidence that nicotine rep |
01/03/03 |
| Smokers Mistakenly Deem 'Light' Cigarettes Safer |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The word "light" on cigarette labels should not be interpreted as "safer," but a sizable number of smokers seem to read it that way, according to a Swiss survey. |
01/03/03 |
| Smoking ban at psychiatric hospital fires up critics |
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – A smoking ban at the state psychiatric hospital here is being criticized by some researchers who say nicotine can help people with some forms of mental illness. |
01/02/03 |
| Smoking-related cancers higher in Nevada than rest of country |
The likelihood of dying from several types of smoking-related cancers was greater in Nevada than the national average in 2000. |
01/02/03 |
| Spitzer says first tobacco payment for 2003 will be 3 million |
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state, New York City and the 57 counties outside the Big Apple will get 3 million in the coming days from the tobacco industry, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced Saturday. |
12/28/02 |
| Millions Of U.S. Smokers Ignore Warnings |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite suffering from chronic lung and other ailments, millions of Americans ignore warnings from their physicians and continue smoking. |
12/27/02 |
| Tobacco case headed to U.S. Supreme Court |
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An -million jury award against Philip Morris may soon be the first major West Coast tobacco verdict to go before the U.S. Supreme Court. |
12/27/02 |
| In New York, a Black Market For Illegal Cigarettes Thrives |
NEW YORK -- As evening descends on Harlem, crowds of men and women coming home from work spill from subway stations onto 125th Street. |
12/27/02 |
| Philip Morris Plaintiff Takes Cut Verdict of Mln |
Los Angeles, Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- A smoker dying of cancer agreed to have her verdict against Philip Morris Cos. reduced to million from the billion that a jury awarded. The world's largest tobacco company has vowed to appeal any damages. |
12/26/02 |
| Menthol Cigarettes Have Lingering Effect |
THURSDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthScoutNews) -- The chemical by-products of nicotine linger longer in women who smoke menthol cigarettes, an Ohio State University study has found. |
12/26/02 |
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