News Items for FEBRUARY 2003

U.S. Activists Want Washington Out of Tobacco Talks [02/28-4]

$2 a Pack Tax Increase on Cigarettes Rejected [02/27-3]

Lawmakers Accuse Bush of Interfering with Tobacco Treaty [02/27-2]

Retailers Selling Less Tobacco to Minors [02 /27-1]

Smoking May Cause Kidney Disease [02/26-4]

Medical Groups Demand U.S. Withdrawal from Tobacco Talks [02/26-3]

Study Shows Smoking Bans Not Bad For Business [02/26-2]

Study Shows Tobacco Kills Millions a Year [02 /26-1]

NJ Web Tobacco Buyers Getting Taxed [02/25-4]

OR Legislature May Cut Tobacco Prevention Funds [02/25-3]

Miss. Prepares Weak Smoking Bill [02/25-2]

Japan's Tobacco Policy Criticized [02 /25-1]

Big Tobacco Delaying NY Safer Cig. Law [02/24-4]

Brain Drug May Help Smokers Quit [02/24-3]

Non-Smoking Parents Reduce Child's Smoking Risk [02/24-2]

Tobacco Threatens Australian Grand Prix [02 /24-1]

Canadian Smokers Heed Smoking Warnings [02/21-4]

Smoking Contributes to Ectopic Pregnancies [02/21-3]

Editorial Supports Deluth Smoke-Free Law [02/21-2]

CA Home Smoker Facing Suit [02 /21-1]

Update On Negotiations at the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [02/20-4]

1 in 10 Youths Smoking Daily in Australia [02/20-3]

HHS Considers $2-a-pack-tax on Cigarettes [02/20-2]

Cancer Charities Declare Global War on Tobacco [02 /20-1]

WHO Asks Hollywood to Stop Glamorizing Smoking [02/19-4]

Battle Over Patio Smoking in Ontario [02/19-3]

Bhutan Aims to be First Country to Ban Tobacco [02/19-2]

London Council Approves Smoking Ban [02 /19-1]

Court OKs NY Internet Tobacco-Sales Ban [02/18-4]

Fed Panel Endorses Cig Tax Hike [02/18-3]

No Settlement Money for Smokers [02/18-2]

Restaurant Smoking Ban Supported by Augusta Chronicle Editorial(GA) [02 /18-1]

Britain Tobacco Ad Ban Goes Into Effect [02/17-3]

MS Partial Public Smoking Ban [02/17-2]

Bush Waters Down Tobacco Treaty [02 /17-1]

Washington State Could Ban Indoor Smoking [02/14-2]

Nicotine Free Cigarettes: ASH Quoted [02 /14-1]

Plaintiffs End Case in Ill Cigarette Trial [02/13-5]

Tobacco Wins Ruling in Child Ad Suit [02/13-4]

US Waters Down Tobacco Treaty [02/13-3]

African Court Rules in Favor of Smoking Ban [02/13-2]

Tobacco Treaty: the Kyoto Accords of Public Health [02/13-1]

DE's Smoking Ban Motivates Bordering States [02/12-5]

ND Legislature May Ban Smoking [02/12-4]

Tennessee Senate Will be Smoke-Free [02/12-3]

Surgeon General Report on Women and Smoking [02/12-2]

Lexington KY to Draft Smoking Regulation [02/12-1]

Asthmatic Youths Want Smoke-free Eateries [02/11-4]

Tobacco Gave Over $8.4 Million to Politicians [02/11-3]

Tobacco Wins Lawsuit [02/11-2]

CA Bill Targets Secondhand Smoke at Home [02/11-1]

New Jersey To Targets Most Indoor Smoking [02/10-4]

Litigation to Fight Secondhand Smoke [02/10-3]

NJ, MD and VT to Introduce Smokefree Laws [02/10-2]

Tobacco Misinforms Virginians About Taxes [02/10-1]

Chocolate Cigarettes Recruit Children [02/07-2]

No Smoking in NYC Jails [02/07-1]

Cigarette-tax Evasion Aided Terror [02/06-3]

Gender Differences in Youth Tobacco Use [02/06-2]

Judge Allows ETS Survey in Trial [02/06-1]

2002 Tobacco Took it on the chin [02/05-2]

FL Businesses Lobby for Smoking Loophole [02/05-1]

CDC Releases Secondhand Smoke Toolkit [02/03-4]

American Legacy Foundation VS Tobacco [02/03-3]

NY Cigarette Delay Snuffed [02/03-2]