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FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL STANDS FIRM [07.31.1] Insists on Secret Document Release
ASH TESTIMONY TARGETS SETTLEMENTS BENEFITS TO TOBACCO INDUSTRY [07.30.1] Senate Judiciary Hearings Continue
FEDERAL TOBACCO INCREASE IN JEOPARDY [07.28.1] Final Decision Possible Today
NO GLOBAL SETTLEMENT UNTIL SECRET DOCUMENTS RELEASED [07.25.1] Release Of Secret Documents Upheld By Florida Appeals Court
CLINTON CLOSE TO ACCEPTING TOBACCO DEAL [07.23.5] Citizen Input Needed Now
LIGGETT TESTIFIES SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE [07.23.4] Other Tobacco Companies Must Tell the Truth
NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD CRITICIZES DEAL [07.23.3] Read the Text of Their Letter
SENATORS TARGET AMERICAN CIGARETTES SOLD ABROAD [07.23.2] Should We Be Contributing to a Drug and Health Crisis?
SMOKING CAUSES EYE DISEASE, EVEN BLINDNESS [07.23.2] Here's News of a Recent Dutch Study
IS PASSIVE SMOKE REALLY DANGEROUS? [07.22.1] Read or Download Major Portions of the EPA's Report
CRUISE SHIP GOES SMOKEFREE [07.21.4] Others Expected to Follow
U.S. TOBACCO LITIGATION SPARKING SIMILAR SUITS ABROAD [07.21.3] Costa Rica, Israel, Canada and Others Are Moving Forward With Help From U.S. Lawyers and Antismoking Groups
NEW IMPORTANT SETTLEMENT ISSUE: DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE [07.21.2] Here are Excerpts from an Article in the New York Times
COSTA RICA SUES TOO [07.21.1] Other Foreign Countires Are Likely to Follow
TOBACCO TAX HELPS -- NOT HURTS -- POORER AMERICANS [07.19.2] Read Why, And Why The Increase is Miniscule by World or Even US Standards
PLEASE HELP ALMOST DOUBLE FEDERAL CIGARETTE TAX [07.19.1] And Learn How to Contact Your Members of Congress
END TO FEDERAL TOBACCO SUBSIDIES PROPOSED [07.18.3] House Floor Vote Next Tuesday or Wednesday
CLINTON AGAIN ASKED TO BAN SMOKING IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS [07.18.2] Koop-Kessler Committee Calls Upon Him to Sign 5-Year-Old Executive Order
SECRECY STILL BEING USED TO PUSH PROPOSED DEAL [07.18.1] Who Has to Hide Behind the Clock of Secrecy and Why
SENATE COULD SUBPOENA TOBACCO DOCUMENTS [07.17.5] Could Follow Advise of AG Humphrey and ASH's Banzhaf
CANCER SOCIETY'S ESTIMATE OF LIVES SAVED QUESTIONED [07.17.4] Activist Stan Galantz Questions Claim of One Million Lives Saved
SMOKING MOMS CAUSE BAD BOYS [07.17.3] How Maternal Smoking Causes Delinquency
GROUPS CRITICIZE TOBACCO DEAL[07.17.2] Here's What They Are Saying; Three Different Stories
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DEFENDS FDA REGULATION OF NICOTINE [07.17.1] Read the Complete Text of Their Main and Reply Briefs
SMOKING VETS CAN COLLECT FROM GOVERNMENT [07.16.2] A New Decision Makes It Even Easier Than Before
ASH'S JOHN BANZHAF PROFILED BY WASHINGTON TIMES [07.16.1] Read What He Said About the Settlement Process
ASH TESTIMONY HIGHLIGHTS DEAL'S CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS [07.15.3] Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on the Proposed Settlement
TOBACCO INDUSTRY BLOWING SMOKE AT FLORIDA TRIAL[07.15.2] No Reason to Compare Flight Attendants' Ills to General Public; "Cigarette Equivalent" Theory Discredited Even Within Industry
GAG ORDER IN SECONDHAND SMOKE CASE BARS RESPONSE TO MISLEADING ARGUMENT [07.15.1] No Legal Need to Prove Flight Attendants Had More Illness Than General Public
PARENTAL SMOKING KILLS 6,200 KIDS EACH YEAR AND COSTS $8.2 BILLION [07.14.1] But Law IS Finally Beginning to Crack Down on Major Form of Child Abuse; At least Fifteen States Will Take Away Custody if Necessary to Protect Kids
TOBACCO-DEAL NEGOTIATORS HAVE QUESTIONABLE CONNECTIONS [07.13.1] Law Firm of One Now Represents Industry Scientist in Criminal Investigation; Other's Firm Used American Cancer Society to Help Private Polluting Clients
ASH'S PETITION TO FDA TO REGULATE CIGARS GETS STRONG SUPPORT [07.12.6] Administration and Koop-Kessler Committee Support Proposal
SMOKING ALSO CAUSES BACK PROBLEMS [7.12.5] Finding Increased Medical Costs Attributable to Smoking
PUNITIVE DAMAGES WERE KEY -- NOW COULD BE LOST [07.12.4]Deal Would Immunize Industry From Such Worries
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARINGS [7.12.3] Learn How You or Your Group Can Submit Testimony
TRIAL LAWYERS TO FIGHT PROPOSED DEAL [7.12.2] A Powerful Group to Fight Lawyers Getting Rich From Deal
SETTLEMENT COULD PERMIT PRICE FIXING [7.12.1] Read Why the FTC is Very Worried
ASH & OTHER HEALTH GROUPS MEET WITH WHITE HOUSE ON TOBACCO DEAL[7.11.2] Sentiment Ranges From "Don't Even Dignify It by Considering It" to Very Serious Reservations About Major Portions of Proposal
SECONDHAND SMOKE MORE DANGEROUS FOR OLDER WOMEN [7.11.1] Read What Happens When They Get Pregnant
FTC ASKED TO BAN ALL CARTOON CHARACTERS IN TOBACCO ADS [7.10.3] "Joe" Should Not be the Sacrificial Camel to Get Industry Off the Hook; They Used Fred Flintstone and Willy -- Why Not Tinkerbell or Brer Rabbit?
PRIVATE
SETTLEMENT BY STATE OF MISSISSIPPI [7.10.2] Mississippi Gets Its Money
Whether or Not a Global Settlement is Fainalized by Congress
SURRENDER
OF JOE CAMEL DEMONSTRATES INDUSTRY CAN BE PUSHED [7.10.1] Shows That
Clinton's Decision Not to Accept "Deal" Without More Concessions
From Cigarette Makers Was a Good One AND FTC Will Be Asked to Ban Use of
All Cartoon Characters
REPORT OF THE KOOP-KESSLER ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ON TOBACCO POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH - COMPLETE OFFICIAL TEXT
NOW AVAILABLE, CLICK HERE FOR REPORT
CLICK HERE FOR ADDENDICES TO REPORT
CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
CLICK HERE FOR ALL-IN-1 VERSION,
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CLINTON
PUSHES TOBACCO INDUSTRY, REJECTS WEAKENING FDA [7.09.1] White House
Reacts Even Before Koop Kessler Report is Delivered
LAW
SUIT CHALLENGED CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROPOSED DEAL [7.08.4] Read The
Press Release and Complaint; Any Other Lawyers Want to Sue Too?
TRAIL
LAWYERS OPPOSE PROPOSED DEAL [07.08.2] Here's What Their Group -- ATLA
-- Has to Say
ACS
CRITICIZES PROPOSED DEAL [07.08.1] Read Their Official Statement
MISS
SETTLEMENT SHOWS INDUSTRY IS VULNERABLE [07.07.2] Excerpts From AP
Story Below Confirm ASH's Earlier Reported Statements
NOVELLI
AND CANCER SOCIETY HIT [07.07.1] Read Excerpts From Posting on Another
Antismoking Service
CNN
CALLS ON ASH FOR COMMENTARY ON MISS. DEAL [07.05.2] Here Are Excerpts
From the Broadcast on 07/03
MISS.
DEAL SHOWS INDUSTRY CAN BE PUSHED [07.05.1] Here are Excerpts from
Several News Reports
HEART
ASSN ASKS HELP IN FIGHTING TOBACCO CROP INSURANCE [07.03.5] Read Their
Message
PROPOSED
DEAL FACES CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS ALSO [07.03.4] Read About Some of
the Legal Problems Any Legislation Would Face
LUNG
ASSOCIATION OPPOSES ANY SETTLEMENT [07.03.3]
Read the Text of Their Official Statement
DEAL
COULD MAKE LAWYERS FILTHY RICH [07.03.2]
Who Should Get The Money From the Settlement?
TODAY'S
MISSISSIPPI TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SHOWS HOW FAR INDUSTRY CAN BE PUSHED [07.03.1]
Suggests That President and Congress Should Hold Out For Far More in
"Global Deal"
DOES
ANTISMOKING LEADER PLAY BOTH SIDES OF STREET [07.02.1]
Here's An Interesting Excerpt From An Unusual Source
IS
FLORIDA INCONSISTENT ON NICOTINE ADDICTION? [07.02.2]
Claims In Inmate Suit That Nicotine Isn't Addictive
OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON STILL VERY WARY OF DEAL [07.02.3]
Here are Excerpts from Recent Press Reports
SMOKING
CAUSES GENETIC DAMAGE [07.02.4]
New Study From Journal of the National Cancer Institute
MOTHER
JONES MAGAZINE BLASTS PROPOSED DEAL [07.02.5]
Read Excerpts From Their New Article
ASH
& OTHERS SEEK FDA REGULATION OF CIGARS [07/01]
Read the Entire Petition to the FDA