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| Activists try to smoke out a bad habit among teens |
Brian Gist, 16, has no plans to smoke. Ever. A junior at Robinson High School in Fairfax, Brian says two of his grandparents died from smoking-related illnesses. Their deaths cured him of any desire to ever pick up the habit. |
03/07/00 |
| SmithKline Beecham Teams Up with Neuromedia to Help Smokers Kick the Habit Online |
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000-- Neuromedia®, Inc., the leading provider of interactive Web-based solutions for developing and deploying Virtual Representatives (vReps), today announced that SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare (SBCH) wi |
03/06/00 |
| Nabi and the National Institute on Drug Abuse Initiate Toxicity Studies of Nabi(R) NicVAX(TM) |
BOCA RATON, Fla., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nabi (Nasdaq: NABI - news) announced today that it has initiated animal toxicity studies with Nabi® NicVAX(TM), a nicotine conjugate vaccine, in conjunction with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). If th |
03/06/00 |
| Toxic-Tobacco Law Described in Public Health Journal |
WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Toxic-Tobacco Law Coalition announced today that the current issue of the Journal of Public Health Policy (Winter 1999;20(4):394-407) contains an article entitled ``The Toxic-Tobacco Law: 'Appropriate Remedial Actio |
03/06/00 |
| New Study Says World Bank Tobacco Control Policies Could Boost Power of Multi-National Tobacco Companies and Shut Out Small Farmers |
LONDON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was issued today by The International Tobacco Growers' Association:
An independent analysis published today (ISBN 1 872854 09 5) says there are significant flaws in the World Bank's report ``Curbing the Epi |
03/06/00 |
| Philip Morris Denies Marlboro Report |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's largest tobacco company, Philip Morris Cos. Inc., on Monday denied a newspaper report that it was considering diversifying its Marlboro brand name away from tobacco and into the hotel, media and mobile phone industries. |
03/06/00 |
| Tax Probe Targets Cigarette Makers |
NEW YORK - City authorities intent on recovering millions of dollars in lost cigarette taxes are investigating Philip Morris Inc. and Lorillard Tobacco Co., makers of the cigarettes most frequently smuggled up the Interstate 95 corridor from Virginia into |
03/06/00 |
| Upcoming California Verdict Seen As Tobacco Bellwether |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. cigarette makers face a crucial courtroom verdict this week in a California sick- smokers case as the beleaguered tobacco industry tries to turn back a tide of individual lawsuits waged against it. |
03/05/00 |
| Philip Morris considers diversifying - FT |
LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Philip Morris Cos. Inc. is considering a plan to diversify away from the beleaguered tobacco sector into luxury hotels, media or mobile phones to make wider use of its Marlboro brand, the Financial Times reported on Monday. |
03/05/00 |
| Bill Would Shield Tobacco Cos. |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State lawmakers have passed a bill protecting companies' assets in Virginia, a measure that would shield tobacco giants such as Philip Morris from a potential multibillion dollar judgment in a Florida lawsuit filed by ailing smokers. |
03/04/00 |
| Statement by Secretary of Health Mary Selecky regarding the new Tobacco Control and Prevention funds included in the Senate's budget |
OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2000--The following is a Statement by Secretary of Health Mary Selecky regarding the new Tobacco Control and Prevention funds included in the Senate's budget: |
03/04/00 |
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