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ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR DECEMBER 1999


Foreign Tobacco Suit Shot Down [12/31-1] 
CA Judge Lifts Ban on Nicotine Gum [12/30-3]

California's Smoking Ban Underenforced [12/30-2]

Southern Governors Weigh Tobacco Payment Securitization [12/30-1] 


ASH WAS RIGHT ABOUT SETTLEMENT: Wash. Post [12/29-3]

Casino Smoking Attacked in ASH Law Suit [12/29-2]

Tobacco Lawsuits Changing the Business of Big Business [12/29-1] 


Fla. Supreme Court Refuses Industry Petition [12/28-2]

Industry Files Motion to Dismiss Fed. Lawsuit [12/28-1] 


FIRST WITH : FL Court OKs Possible Huge Tobacco Verdict [12/27-5]

UK's Most Ambitious "Quit Smoking" Campaign Starts Today [12/27-4]

Beer & Butt Relationship To End New Years in BC [12/27-3]

New Uses for Tobacco Only Requires 1% Current Output [12/27-2]

You Are No Model Citizen Philip Morris [12/27-1]  Canada Sues RJR Under RICO in New York Court [12/22-3]

South Carolinians Favor Settlement Money for Health Care [12/22-2]

NY Bill Calls for Doubling of Cig. Taxes [12/22-1] 


Smoking Not Y2K Compatible [12/21-2]

Study Shows Women Have Harder Time Quitting [12/21-1]


Nicotine Vaccine Maybe By 2002 [12/20-5]

Tobacco Checks Are on Their Way [12/20-4]

UK Gov. Starts 3-Year Antitobacco Campaign [12/20-3]

Letters on Tobacco [12/20-2]

The Inside Story on 'The Insider' [12/20-1] 


Girl Scouts Take the Lead Against Tobacco [12/17-5]

UK Appeals Court To Decide Smoking Ban Case [12/17-4]

Secret Talks in NY May Lead to Nation's Highest Cig. Tax [12/17-3]

TFK's Tobacco Trends in 21st Century [12/17-2]

The Other Side: Argument Against FDA Regulating Tobacco [12/17-1]

Sting Ops Catch VA Clerks Selling Bidis to Minors [12/15-1]

Industry's Helping Hand Feels Like a Slap to Tobacco Farmers [12/14-2]

Study Says New Millennium Year to Quit [12/14-1]

Smoking Increases Risk of Bladder Cancer [12/13-2]

Wash. Secretary of Health Unveils Tobacco Reduction Plan [12/13-1]

ASH's Campaign Working: Chicago Hitting Bidis [12/10-6]

Lawsuit Against PM Launched in Poland [12/10-5]

More on the French Smoker's Suit [12/10-4]

French Smoker's Widow Wins First Ever Antitobacco Suit in Europe [12/10-3]

Tobacco Lawyer Says Smokers Knew the Risks [12/10-2]

2nd Report: Rabbis Declare Smoking Prohibited Under Jewish Law [12/10-1]

Rabbis Condemn Smoking: Read/Download Text of Decision [12/09-5]

Commentator Asks 'How About Some Judicial Restraint?' [12/09-4]

Canada Passes Law Targeting Youth Smokers [12/09-3]

Plaintiff's Widow Wins in First Successful Tobacco Suit in Europe [12/09-2]

WA Secretary of Health to Unveil Tobacco Reduction Program [12/09-1]

How Fit is YOUR City? Check Out These Lists! [12/08-1]

Genetics & Lung Cancer: Some Women at Greater Risk from ETS [12/07-3]

Fed. Law Does Not Preempt Tobacco Ad Restrictions [12/07-2]

TX Plaintiff's' Tobacco Lawyers Give Up Claim to 15% of Settlement [12/07-1]

More on Second Hand Smoke Plus a Gentle Reminder [12/06-6]

Disturbing Trends Among Smokers [12/06-5]

Despite Industry Market Woes PM Still US's No. 1 Company [12/06-4]

The Burning Question: What Did Congress Intend With the FDA? [12/06-3]

Stock Surge Misses Industry [12/06-2]

AG's Unanimously Sign Letter to Shalala Concerning Bidis [12/06-1]

ASH Featured on CBS-TV News [12/04-1]

RJR To Switch To Flue-Cured Tobacco Low in TSNA's [12/03-3]

FDA Has Rough Time in Supreme Court [12/03-2]

Wawa's Tobacco Billboards, Up Again, Down Again [12/03-1]

Initiative Threatened If Orange County Doesn't Commit to Health Care [12/02-5]

Teens Say Proposed Canadian Fines Won't Stop Them From Smoking [12/02-4]

READ Full Text of FDA Decision Now Before Supreme Court [12/02-3]

First Tobacco Concern to Support FDA Regulations [12/02-2]

Supreme Court Sounds Skeptical of FDA Regulation of Industry [12/02-1]

ETS Can Increase YOUR Cancer Risk by SIX TIMES! [12/01-3]

Smoking to Forget Childhood Mental Stresses [12/01-2]

If you Quit Now You May Prevent Your Child from Starting [12/01-1]

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