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| Anti-smoking efforts take hit |
Wisconsin's anti-smoking campaign took a million hit Wednesday as key lawmakers continued the daunting task of reducing state spending by 1 million. |
05/17/01 |
| Nabi Receives U.S. Patent Covering Nabi(R) NicVAX(TM) (Nicotine Conjugate Vaccine) for Treatment and Prevention of Nicotine Addiction |
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Nabi (Nasdaq: NABI - news) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 6,232,082, entitled ``Hapten-Carrier Conjugates for Treating and Preventing Nicotine Addiction.'' The |
05/16/01 |
| HELP YOURSELF Resources for Smoking Cessation |
Surgeon General David Satcher's report "Reducing Tobacco Use" notes that smoking rates among teens and adults could be cut in half within a decade if the nation were to fully implement anti-smoking programs that are already available. Satcher's report and |
05/15/01 |
| New round of state ads attacks smoking |
With smoking-related illnesses still killing thousands of Wisconsinites each year and costing billions of dollars in medical expenses, Gov. Scott McCallum and the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board launched a second set of anti-smoking advertisements. |
05/15/01 |
| Cigarette tax may rise
Cigarette tax may rise |
A presidential commission officially unveiled Monday its proposal to raise the federal cigarette tax to buy out government quota owners and help farmers, but there were signs that a tax increase might not fare too well with the Bush administration or Cong |
05/15/01 |
| State Laws Do Little to Curb Teen Cigarette Use |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a nearly decade-old law encouraging states to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors, many teens have easy access to tobacco, a new study concludes. |
05/15/01 |
| Zyban: new scrutiny after nine deaths |
Health authorities are investigating the deaths of nine Australians to establish whether their use of the controversial anti-smoking drug Zyban was a contributing factor. |
05/14/01 |
| Wave of litigation sweeps states, big cities over lead, tobacco, guns |
WASHINGTON - The Missouri Legislature's final days this week could be worth 0 million or more to a handful of politically well-connected attorneys who represented the state in talks that led to the settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998. |
05/14/01 |
| Governments seek share of tobacco millions |
AIKEN - Local governments are lining up to try for a share of a million fund for infrastructure improvements that could boost economic development in South Carolina. |
05/11/01 |
| California Tobacco Class Action Certified, Billions in Claims |
San Diego, May 10 (Bloomberg) -- A lawsuit seeking restitution from tobacco companies for every Californian who's bought cigarettes can proceed, a state judge ruled. |
05/11/01 |
| Study shows smoking dorms breed new smokers |
(U-WIRE) ORONO, Maine -- Many colleges and universities will be paying close attention to a recent study concerning smoke-free dormitories. The Harvard School of Public Health completed a survey examining the smoking behaviors of 4,495 students at 101 sch |
05/11/01 |
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