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ASH News Items for JANUARY 2002

Cigarette Tax Increase Receives Support [01/31-4]

Another Canadian City Goes Smoke-Free [01/31-3]

Philip Morris' Appeal Gets Court Review [01/31-2]

Universities Defy Tobacco Industry [01/31-1]


Smoke Ban Goes to High Court [01/30-3]

Attorney Barry Richard to Represent Tobacco [01/30-2]

Anti-Tobacco Campaign to Target Minorities [01/30-1]


Honolulu City Considers Smoking Ban [01/29-3]

Cigarette Bill Proposed in Maryland [01/29-2]

Groups Seek Cigarette Tax Increase of $1 [01/29-1]


Big Tobacco Seeks to Block Smoking Ban [01/28-3]

Less Poison Won't Leave You any Less Dead [01/28-2]

ASH Quoted on Indoor Smoking Bans [01/28-1]


Cigarette Sales Have Increased after Sept. 11 [01/25-4]

Cigarette Tax is Challenged [01/25-3]

Harvard Refuses Tobacco Subpoena [01/25-2]

States Raise Cigarette Taxes [01/25-1]


Tobacco Ad Bill Gets Spotlight in Scotland [01/24-3]

Tobacco Company Attempts to Weaken FCTC [01/24-2]

Canadian Group Calls for Smoking Ban at Work [01/24-1]


Tobacco Firm Seeks to Stop Anti Tobacco Ads [01/23-3]

Nicotine Increases Risk of Heart Disease [01/23-2]

Illinois Certifies Light Cigarette Class Action Suit [01/23-1]


County in Colorado Wants Ban on Smoking [01/22-3]

Court Clash Between Tobacco and Universities [01/22-2]

Maternal Smoking Linked to Offspring Criminality [01/22-1]


Smoking Ban in Play Grounds [01/18-3]

BC Weakens Smoking Regulations [01/18-2]

Bill Will Require Graphic Health Warnings [01/18-1]


Lawmaker Proposes a Smoking Ban in Bars [01/17-5]

BC Government Waters Down Smoking Ban [01/17-4]

Campaign Urges People To Stop Smoking In Homes [01/17-3]

Advertisement Restrictions Challenged in Canada [01/17-2]

New Study on Nicotine Metabolism [01/17-1]


Passive Smoking: Workplace Killer [01/16-3]

Light Cigarettes Are Still a Killer [01/16-2]

Quitting Smokes Helps Post Surgery Recovery [01/16-1]


States Misuse Anti Tobacco Funds [01/15-4]

Former Rep. Joins Tobacco Companies[01/15-3]

States Consider Increasing Cigarette Taxes [01/15-2]

Tobacco Fights Public Health Policies [01/15-1]


Community Unites to Fight Second Hand Smoke [01/14-3]

Local Group Uses Science to Demand Smoking Ban [01/14-2]

Brazilian City Sues US Tobacco [01/14-1]


Ashcroft on Tobacco [01/11-2]

Passive Smoke Is a Problem in The Home [01/11-1]


Graphic Cigarette Warnings Are Effective [01/10-4]

NY County Executive Proposes Tough Smoking Ban [01/10-3]

Smoking Ban Nears Approval In Iowa [01/10-2]

Smoking Ban Likely In Hawaii [01/10-1]


Study Finds Genes, Smoking Affect Birthweight [01/09-3]

Child Suffers from Smoke in Public Places [01/09-2]

Philip Morris Lobbies Illegally [01/09-1]


Oregon's Smoke Free Law [01/08-5]

Activists Push For Smoking Ban in All Public Places [01/08-4]

Prisoner Granted $ Because Cellmate Smoked [01/08-3]

Court Rejects Appeal From Cigarette Wholesalers [01/08-2]

Non Smoking Sheriff [01/08-1]


Jury Award Against Tobacco Ranked Top Verdict [01/07-4]

Smoking Linked to New Cancer Risk for Women [01/07-3]

Lawyers Slapped for Missing Tobacco-Suit Deadline [01/07-2]

Smoking During Pregnancy and Diabetes [01/07-1]


Independent State Law Suit Against Big Tobacco [01/04-3]

Anti-Terrorism Legislation to Benefit Tobacco [01/04-2]

Arkansas Sues Foreign Tobacco [01/04-1]


Tough Smoking Ordinance Goes Into Effect in Texas [01/03-4]

Federal Tax on Cigarettes Rises 5 Cents [01/03-3]

Herbal Cigarettes Not Safe. ASH Quoted [01/03-2]

Asthmatics Have a Higher Risk of Lung Cancer [01/03-1]


Heart Disease is the No. 1 Killer in the US [01/02-3]

Lung Cancer: Most Deadly Cancer in American [01/02-2]

Massachusetts Sues 5 Foreign Tobacco Companies [01/02-1]


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