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ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR AUGUST 1999

Internet Health Sites: Quackery or Godsend? [08/31-5]

New Study on Gender Differences in Smoking Cessation [08/31-4]

Possible Link Between Breast Cancer & Smoking [08/31-3]

RJR & PM Raise Prices Again [08/31-2]

Runners Who Smoke Are No Better Off [08/31-1]

ASH (Australia) Recommends Photos Be Added to Cigarette Packs [08/30-5]

"The Insider," Movie About the True Story of Industry Whistle-Blower [08/30-4]

Jurors Demonstrate Acrimony Against Industry, Banzhaf Quoted [08/30-3]

Bush Clarifies His Tobacco Position in NC [08/30-2]

Godshall:  Greater Benefits to Industry Than To Public Health [08/30-1]

HEALTH TIP - FREE Leg Tests in Sept. [08/29-2]

CDC Recommendations for Antismoking Programs [08/29-1]

Boston Teens Take Action [08/27-4]

VT: Committee Recommends $8.5m More Be Spent on Antitobacco [08/27-3]

VA Doctors Urge Gilmore to Spend More Money on Antitobacco [08/27-2]

Q & A. What Can I Do About My Smoking Neighbors? [08/27-1]

Where Is All the Money Going? Not Antismoking Campaigns [08/26-5]

TCSG Page Details State By State Settlement Plans [08/26-4]

ETS Is Harming Our Children [08/26-3]

Reduce Risk of Heart Disease - Take a Brisk Walk & Quit Smoking [08/26-2]

GA Shows Slight Increase in Smoking Rate [08/26-1]

Community Teams Up to Provide Drug Free Nightlife for Kids [08/25-4]

Only Six States Have Committed Settlement $'s to Fight Tobacco [08/25-3]

RJR (Malaysia) Introduces Reduced Smoke/Smell Cigarette [08/25-2]

Bush May Be Deposed In Litigation Over Attorneys' Settlement Fees [08/25-1]

"Protecting Kids from Internet Tobacco Act" in the Works [08/24-3]

ETS Dramatically Increases Risk of Stroke [08/24-2]

Update on VA's Proposed Uses of Settlement Money [08/24-1]

Imasco Derivative Action Rejected as a Threat to Merger With BAT [08/23-4]

The "Bidi Buzz" Continues [08/23-3]

GA: The Politics of Tobacco Money [08/23-2]

Cigarette That "Smells, Looks and Relaxes" Like Pot Faces Ban [08/23-1]

MN May Lose Fed Money Over High Rate of Cig Sales to Minors [08/20-7]

AZ: Public Schools Outlaw Tobacco ANYWHERE on Campus [08/20-6]

MD: Municipality Challenges Smoking Ban [08/20-5]

ENGLE: AIF Files Amicus Questioning Phase II Action [08/20-4]

Discount Cigarette Importers File Suit Alleging MSA is Illegal [08/20-3]

OHA Decries Bidis [08/20-2]

ENGLE: Industry Trying Desperately To Delay Damages Phase [08/20-1]

On TV Tonight: Smoking: Truth or Dare? [08/19-7]

TFK Statement on the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse [08/19-6]

More On New Survey and Smoking Teens [08/19-5]

FL: Artful Truth Campaign In High Gear [08/19-4]

Drug Use Down Among Teens, But Smoking Rates Remain Unchanged [08/19-3]

A GA County Takes Students' Safety and Health Seriously [08/19-2]

Letter: Ban on Self Service Displays Wins Praise [08/19-1]

New Survey on Teen Tobacco Use [08/18-6]

More on ETS Causes Strokes -Read the Report [08/18-5]

IL: Co. Board Revokes No-Smoking Ordinance [08/18-4]

FL Receives Less Revenue from Cigarette Taxes This Year [08/18-3]

FBI Joins DOJ in Fight Against Industry [08/18-2]

The Scourge of Bidis on the Young [08/18-1]

HELP Get Tougher Health Warnings[08/17-6]

FDA Report Recommends More Stringent Tobacco-Import Tests [08/17-5]

PM Reviews Lobbying Disclosures; No Penalties Are Likely [08/17-4]

New Study Shows ETS "Significantly Increased" Stroke Risk [08/17-3]

Ohio Ruling Strikes Down Damage Curbs; Blow to 'Tort Reform' [08/17-2]

Fen-Phen Trial for Not Yet Injured Sparks Similar Smokers' Suit [08/17-1]

Maternal Smoking Dangers: Add Ear Infections to the List [08/16-5]

NYC Drops Suit Against NY; State-Specific Finality At Hand [08/16-4]

More on Radon and Smoking [08/16-3]

Radon Increases Smokers' and ETS Victims Susceptibility to Cancer [08/16-2]

Has the Statute of Limitations Run on US v. Industry? [08/16-1]

Contact Presidential Candidates NOW - See List [08/15-1]

VA - 40% of Settlement Dollars May Go to Transportation [08/13-5]

ENGLE: A Lead Plaintiff Dies of Cancers [08/13-4]

Australians Get Go Ahead to File Class Action Against Industry [08/13-3]

Industry May Be Required to Provide ETS Danger Warnings in CA [08/13-2]

ENGLE: Tobacco Does Not Fare Well With Judge Kaye [08/13-1]

Navajo Nation Files Lawsuit Against Industry [08/12-3]

"The Tobacco Industry Relief Act of 1999" [08/12-2]

Primetime Goes Nationwide Selling Flavored Gigarettes [08/12-1]

MD- First County Tax Levy on Tobacconists Is Upheld [08/11-4]

Cigarettes and Advertising: A Brief History [08/11-3]

ENGLE: Judge Rules Against Tobacco, Refuses to Recuse Himself [08/11-2]

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up [08/11-1]

US v. Industry - Pitfalls and Roadblocks [08/10-4]

B&W Alleged to Have Committed Crimes Stemming from Trial [08/10-3]

Bidis: What the Kids Are Saying… and the Doctors [08/10-2]

Be HEARD on the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act [08/10-1]

ASH Letter & Complaint re Bibis [08/09-5]

Cig Sales to Minors May Cost MO Millions [08/09-4]

Fight In CA Assembly Over Cigar Warnings [08/09-3]

Britain's Move to Ban Industry Adverts Faces Court Challenge [08/09-2]

Has Congress Made "Unholy Alliances With Sin Industries"? [08/09-1]

Decline in Cardiaovascular Disease Follows Decline in Smoking [08/06-3]

PM Releases "Digital Smoking" in Japanese Test Market [08/06-2]

Disfavored Industry, Subsidized Growers [08/06-1]

Judge Rules Blue Cross/Blue Shield May Proceed Against Industry [08/05-3]

Bidis Prove To Be A Serious Health Threat [08/05-2]

NY Legislature Puts Off Renewal of Lax Lobbying Law [08/05-1]

Colonial Cigarette Comedy - Monday on CBS-TV [08/04-5]

Industry Files Motion to Unseat ENGLE Judge [08/04-4]

Maternal Smoking Linked to Middle Ear Disease [08/04-3]

Study on CD8+ve Cells in Lungs of Smokers [08/04-2]

BAT Makes Offer to Buy Imasco [08/04-1]

D.A.R.E. Study Casts Doubt on Antismoking Education [08/03-2]

See New FDA Ads About Cigarette Sales [08/03-1]

Secret Joe Camel Campaign Docs on Line [08/02-4]

New Study Shows Smoking Linked to Sperm Mutations [08/02-3]

New Report on Teen Smoking, and Its Effects [08/02-2]

NY Legislature Deciding Whether to Add MSA Model Statute [08/02-1]

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