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| Anti-smoking groups urge cigarette tax hikes |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While the National Governors Association meets in the nation's capital, anti-smoking groups are urging states to jack up their cigarette taxes. |
02/26/02 |
| Youth Want Truth In Cigarette Labeling |
Lowell, MA- 2/20/2002- Youth from Lawrence today joined teens from around
northeastern Massachusetts to introduce new cigarette warning label designs
they hope will encourage federal legislation requiring more truth on
cigarette packages. Citing the i |
02/26/02 |
| Younger age explains why smokers more likely to survive heart attacks |
A new study sheds light on the so-called “smokers’ paradox†-- the fact that a smoker is not only more likely than a nonsmoker to suffer a heart attack, but also more likely to survive it. The answer, research published in the February issue of Nico |
02/26/02 |
| Va. No-Smoking Effort Targeted in Cost Cuts |
RICHMOND, Feb. 26 -- Virginia's nascent campaign to keep kids from smoking would be gutted even before it begins by proposals to take million from a state-run anti-smoking foundation to help balance the budget, the foundation's leaders said today. |
02/26/02 |
| Cancer May Never Be Eliminated, Nobel Laureate Says |
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are winning the fight against cancer but it is a long, slow process and the disease that kills about six million people each year may never be eliminated, said Nobel medicine laureate Sir Paul Nurse. |
02/25/02 |
| Health plan, state seek to aid smokers |
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services and CHA Health have formed a partnership to persuade residents of the state with the nation's highest percentage of adult smokers to quit. |
02/25/02 |
| Second-Hand Smoke Kills 1,200 Wisconsinites Each Year |
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Following Tuesday's release of the Burden of Tobacco Report, The Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board (WTCB) is seeking second-hand smoke case study submissions from Wisconsin residents. The report showed environmental to |
02/25/02 |
| California Medical Association votes to hike smoking age to 21 |
Members of the California Medical Association have voted to support raising the state's smoking age from 18 to 21. |
02/25/02 |
| Smoking Groups Insisting Mayor Blow Off Tax |
A platoon of elite lobbyists is preparing for political war with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, crafting position papers, dreaming up telegenic images and identifying legislators who may be easily swayed by well-honed arguments and well-timed campaign contribut |
02/22/02 |
| 2003 trial set in tobacco fee dispute |
CHICAGO -- Lawyers who helped the State of Illinois win .1 billion from tobacco companies were given a trial date of March 4, 2003, to argue that they deserve 10 percent of the proceeds for their work. |
02/22/02 |
| Attorney General's Office recovers 1 million |
LANSING -- Fueled by 3 million from giant tobacco companies, the state Attorney General's Office collected a record 1 million last year. |
02/22/02 |
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