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ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR APRIL 1998

ASH Supports Efforts to Close Fronts [04/30-7]  

Clinton Answers Questions About Tobacco [04/30-6]  

Big Tobacco Plans Ad Blitz [04/30-5]  

Smoking Hurts Seniors' Minds [04/30-4]  

Settlement Discussions in Minn. [04/30-3]  

More on Blues Sueing [04/30-2]  

Bliley Bill Blasted by GOP [04/30-1]  

Industry Subverts Science - Read the Docs.[04/29-7]  

Smoking Mothers Cause Asthma Attacks [04/29-6]  

McCain Exposes 4 Tobacco Industry Diversions [04/29-5]  

More on Legislative Timetable/Developments [04/29-4]  

More on Liggett's Agreement to Help [04/29-3]  

Warning About National Smokers Alliance [04/29-2]  

Blues Sue Too [04/29-1]  

Liggett to Help Criminal Probe [04/28-4]  

Andy Rooney on Tobacco [04/28-3]  

Corporate Wrongdoing Abroad [04/28-2]  

A Key Gene in Smokers [04/28-1]  

The Surgeon General's Report [04/27-7]  

More on Secret Memo ASH Published [04/27-6]  

New York Times on Tobacco [04/27-5]  

Roundup of Recent Comments [04/27-4]  

Tobacco Contributions Continue [04/27-3]  

New GOP Position on Tobacco [04/27-2]  

First Look at S. G.'s Report [04/27-1]  

SG Report on Smoking Due Monday [04/24-7]  

Gingrich on Cigarette Taxes [04/24-6]  

Lawyers in Fraud Granted Immunity [04/24-5]  

Secret Meeting on Tobacco [04/24-4]  

Conrad Leading Towards McCain? Maybe Not [04/24-3]  

Tobacco Industry May be Desperate [04/24-2]  

ASH Publishes Controversial Secret Document [04/24-1]  

"Smokin' Newt and the Hard Pack" [04/23-5]  

US Senate Bans Smoking [04/23-4]  

Three Reports on 39,000 Secret Documents [04/23-3]  

No Right to Light Up - Jury [04/23-2]  

Guatemala May Sue Tobacco Companies [04/23-1]  

First Look at Minn. Secret Docs [04/22-7]  

FTC to Publicize ASH's Cigar Labeling Petition [04/22-6]  

Washington Post Blasts Tobacco Tactics [04/22-5]  

Fight Becoming Partisan - Washington  Post [04/22-4]  

Gingrich Speaks on Tobacco [04/22-3]  

Is Newt a Spokesman For Tobacco? [04/22-2]  

Article on Blacks and Smoking [04/22-1]  

Click After 10AM to See 39,000 New Secret Documents  

Ask the President to Follow Words With Deeds  [04/21-5]  

Clinton Attacks Joe Camel - Read Q&A [04/21-5]  

More on Clinton's Tobacco Speech [04/21-4]  

Base Bans Outdoor Smoking Too [04/21-3]  

Smoking Again Linked to Crib Deaths [04/21-2]  

High Riskers Aren't Quitting [04/21-1]  

ASH's Statement on President's Address [04/20-14]  

McCain, a Step in Right Direction - President [04/20-13]  

More on the Tobacco Bankruptcy Issue [04/20-12]  

Industry Bankruptcy Threat May be a Bluff  [04/20-11]  

GOP Considers Withholding Immunity [04/20-10]  

Rehearing of FDA Case Worries Industry [04/20-9]  

Diverse Opposition to McCain Bill Grows [04/20-8]  

Tobacco Lobbying Losing Effect [04/20-7]  

No Consensus on Tobacco Bills [04/20-6]  

Minn. Secret Docs. Coming Out [04/20-5]  

The New Tobacco Industry Strategy [04/20-4]  

How Kids Are Fighting Smoking [04/20-3]  

US News Critical of Industry Pullout [04/20-2]  

Industry Pullout May Backfire -- Bus. Week [04/20-1]  

Delay - FDA Case to be Reargued [04/18-6] 

McCain Bill May Raise Legal Problems [04/18-5] 

National Law Journal Blasts Pullout [04/18-4] 

GOP Considers Alternative to McCain Bill [04/18-3] 

Regulate Tobacco Aiming Directly at Kids [04/18-2] 

Gingrich Says McCain Bill Near Dead [04/18-1] 

C-Span Debate: Do Smokers Have Rights? [04/16-4] 

Vets Fight to Retain Smoking Benefits [04/16-3] 

Industry Tried to Hide Secrets [04/16-2] 

SF Examiner Blasts Tobacco Deal [04/16-1] 

War on Smoking in the Toilets [04/15-5] 

FTC Considering ASH's Cigar Warning Petition [04/15-4] 

Minn. Jurors See Secret Document [04/15-3] 

ASH Featured on Hour-Long CNN Show [04/15-2] 

Industry Using Tobacco Farmers as Fronts [04/15-1] 

Text of ASH's Cigar Petition to FTC [04/13-3] 

ASH Seeks Cigar Warnings - YOU Can Help [04/13-2] 

Q&A Re Cigars by National Cancer Institute [04/13-1] 

ASH Seeks Health Warnings For Cigars [04/12-1] 

ASH Acts on New Cigar Report - So Should You [04/10-9] 

Cigars as Lethal as Cigarettes [04/10-8] 

Washington Post Blasts Tobacco Industry [04/10-7] 

RJR Apologist Quotes "Tobacco Free Kids" [04/10-6] 

USA TODAY Blasts Tobacco Industry [04/10-5] 

Industry Campaign Based on Secret Memo [04/10-4] 

LA Times on Industry Pullout [04/10-3] 

Tobacco Companies Playing Risky Gambit [04/10-2] 

Tobacco Puts Republicans on Spot [04/10-1] 

Read the President's Speech on Tobacco [04/09-10] 

Read What the President is Telling Farmers [04/09-9] 

Even Pro-Tobacco Bliley Challenges Industry [04/09-8] 

Congress Challenges Tobacco Pullout [04/09-7] 

Am. Public Health Assn Reacts to Pullout [04/09-6] 

Am. Lung Assn Blasts Industry Pullout [04/09-5] 

Text of RJR CEO's Pullout Remarks [04/09-4] 

NY Times Blasts Industry Defiance [04/09-3] 

More on the Tobacco Pullout [04/09-2] 

Higher Taxes Definitely Cut Teen Smoking [04/09-1] 

Help Persuade Congress to Denounce Bailout  [04/08-8] 

More on Tobacco Industry Bailout [04/08-7] 

All Tobacco Companies Bailing Out [04/08-6] 

Bill is on Life Support - Rep. Bliley [04/08-5] 

Tobacco Lawyers Oppose Immunity [04/08-4] 

Tobacco Support Going Up in Smoke [04/08-3] 

Cigarette Companies, as Pariahs, are Weaker [04/08-2] 

End Tobacco Quotes - Senator Lugar [04/08-1] 

Prof. Daynard Critiques McCain Bill [04/07-4] 

"Save Lives" Blasts Tobacco Protection Bill [04/07-3] 

Cong. Waxman's Analysis of McCain Bill [04/07-2] 

ENACT Seeks to Strengthen McCain Bill [04/07-1] 

Text of  Senate Comm. Tobacco Bill [04/06-3] 

Minn.  Documents Ordered Released  [04/06-2] 

Why Teenagers Smoke, And Quit [04/06-1] 

Are Smokers Really Out in the Cold? [04/05-3]

ASH Trustee Testifies on Involuntary Smoking [04/05-2]

On ETS, Admin. Stresses Education, Not Action [04/05-1]

President Pressures Industry on Radio [04/04-6]

Tobacco Industry Weaker in Senate [04/04-5]

Only Round One is Over - Wash Post [04/04-4]

Engle Case Moves Forward in Florida [04/04-3]

Supreme Court to Decide Document Disclosure [04/04-2]

Tobacco Industry Threatens Counterattack [04/04-1]

Caps Could Increase Bankruptcy Risks [04/03-9]

Gephardt Says McCain Bill Fails Tests [04/03-8]

Smoking by Kids Up - Again! [04/03-7]

More problems For Female Smokers [04/03-6]

Surgeons General Want Tougher Bill [04/03-5]

Bill Continues Tobacco Price Supports [04/03-4]

Tougher Tobacco Legislation Urged [04/03-3]

Smoking Moms Cause Genetic Damage to Kids  [04/03-2]

Govt. Scientist Cozy With Tobacco Industry [04/03-1]

GOP Must Act  on Tobacco - Roll Call  [04/02-3]

"Snuff Out" McCain Bill - USA TODAY [04/02-2]

More Details on McCain Bill [04/02-1]

Panel Approves Cigarette Bill [04/01-6]

Document Release Delayed One Day [04/01-5]

Republicans Should Say "No Deal" [04/01-4]

Smokeless Tobacco Makers Sued [04/01-3]

Tax Increase Can Save Kids' Lives [04/01-2]

NY Times Says Toughen McCain Bill [04/01-1]

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