and Protecting the Rights of Nonsmokers
ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR MARCH 1998
ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR MARCH 1998
Who Voted to Give Tobacco Industry Immunity [03/31-9]
Details of the Anti-Immunity Resolution Overwhelmingly Adopted by the Senate [03/31-8]
Senate Votes Overwhelmingly Against Immunity [03/31-7]
Tobacco Firms Target Minorities [03/31-6]
Is Natl Smokers Alliance a Fraud? [03/31-5]
Lots of Criticism of McCain Bill [03/31-4]
Immunity Remains Key Issue [03/31-3]
Wash Post: McCain Bill Too Weak [03/31-2]
White House: Deal Not Tough Enough [03/31-1]
McCain Bill Now Grants Industry Immunity [03/30-8]
White House Not Satisfied With McCain Bill [03/30-7]
Groups Asked to Honor Immunity Promises [03/30-6]
McCain Bill Being Blasted [03/30-5]
ASH Objects to McCain Bill - So Should YOU! [03/30-4]
Read Official Text of McCain Compromise [03/30-3]
McCain Bill Would Make Execs Rich [03/30-2]
Kessler Blasts McCain Compromise [03/30-1]
Some Details From Summary of McCain Bill [03/29-2]
ASH Criticizes Weak McCain Compromise [03/29-1]
ASH Faxed Sen. Kerry - So Should YOU [03/28-5]
Tobacco Bill Nearing Completion in Senate [03/28-4]
More on Minn. Document Decision [03/28-3]
Bar Owner Challenges Calif. Smoking Ban [03/28-2]
Tobacco's Antismoking Push a Smokescreen? [03/28-1]
Call Now, AND Over the Weekend - Especially Senator John Kerry [D-MA] [03/27-7]
Minn. Supreme Court Says Release Docs. [03/27-6]
British ASH Exposes Passive Smoking Hoax [03/27-5]
FDA Issue Delays Tobacco Bill [03/27-4]
22 APHA Presidents Oppose Immunity [03/27-3]
Maryland Bill Hits Tobacco Industry [03/27-2]
Koop - Don't Neglect Adult Smokers [03/27-1]
McCain Tobacco Bill Delayed [03/26-7]
It's Almost Too Late to Contact Your 2 Senators Now - - But Read ASH's Letter First [03/26-6]
Union Endorses Fazio Bill - Read Bill's Text [03/26-5]
Tobacco "Gifts" Hit Record - Read Report [03/26-4]
Tobacco Firms Oppose Higher Taxes [03/26-3]
Tobacco Lobbying Helps Firms Grow [03/26-2]
New Cars Have Fewer Ashtrays [03/26-1]
Smoking
Costs Public Over $100 Billion a Year!
- READ THE
REPORT [03/25-4]
Senate Races Towards Agreement [03/25-3]
Plaintiffs Rest in Minnesota [03/25-2]
NY Times Editorial on Legislation [03/25-1]
Smoke Levels in Casinos Deadly [03/24-5]
Controlling Smoke in the Air [03/24-4]
Battling Smoking in Movies [03/24-3]
People With Allergies - Avoid Smoke ??[03/24-2]
Update From Minn. Trial [03/24-1]
Gore Wants Tax Increase | Report by State [03/23-2]
More Airlines Ban Smoking [03/23-1]
Bribes Put Tobacco in Muppet Movie [03/22-2]
McCain Blasts Clinton Over Tobacco [03/22-1]
Texas Tobacco Settlement in Trouble [03/21-3]
ASH's Banzhaf Helped Start the Revolution [03/21-2]
More on Dangers of Cigars [03/21-1]
More on Hidden Costs of Smoking [03/20-6]
More Delays in Senate [03/20-5]
British Report - Restrict Smoking [03/20-4]
US TODAY Opposes Deal | Analysis [03/20-3]
Wall Street Thinks Deal is Dead [03/20-2]
Califano - No Immunity for Big Tobacco [03/20-1]
Nonsmoker Loses Case in Indiana [03/19-7]
Cigars are Major Killers [03/19-6]
Tobacco Pays Big Bucks to Lobby [03/19-5]
Judge Rules Wisconsin Can Sue Too [03/19-4]
Smoker Says He's a Hostage [03/19-3]
LA Times on Tobacco Advertising [03/19-2]
GOP Wins Round on Tobacco Funds [03/19-1]
Senate Rep. Whip to Push Limited Bill [03/18-6]
Judge: Ad Restrictions are Constitutional [03/18-5]
Smoke Harms Aortic Function in Nonsmokers [03/18-4]
Senators Clash Over Tobacco Funds [03/18-3]
Minn. Documents Ordered Released [03/18-2]
Republicans Crafting Limited Bill [03/18-1]
Watch "Deal" Go Down Like Titanic [03/17-4]
Smoke Quadruples Heart Attacks [03/17-3]
States Like Cigarette Taxes [03/17-2]
Gingrich Warns About Tobacco Bill [03/17-1]
Groups Support Govt. Tobacco Support [03/16-2]
Three Senate Hearings This Week [03/16-1]
Congress Leaning Towards Immunity [03/15-1]
Fazio Introducing Tobacco Bills [03/14-4]
More Flights Go Smokefree [03/14-3]
Successful Prosecutions in the Cal Bar Ban [03/14-2]
Bliley Gives Tobacco Industry Extension [03/14-1]
Passive Smoking "Kills Babies" and Others [03/13-7]
British Study Confirms Harms to Nonsmokers [03/13-6]
Calif Bars Have Successfully Banned Smoking [03/13-5]
Tobacco Among Biggest Lobbyists [03/13-4]
Nicotine Raised For "Oomph" [03/13-3]
More on Clinton Backing Bill [03/13-2]
Voters Uphold Restaurant Smoking Ban [03/13-1]
Summary of Chafee-Graham-Harkin Bill [03/12-10]
Text of Clinton's Speech on Tobacco [03/12-9]
Clinton Endorses Tobacco Bill [03/12-8]
Clinton to Endorse Bill [03/12-7]
Hearings Produce Uncertainty [03/12-6]
Koop and Kessler Back Bill [03/12-5]
Florida May Ban All Restaurant Smoking [03/12-4]
Issues List and Lobbying Expenses [03/12-3]
Boston Lawyers Seek Secondhand Smoke Victims [03/12-2]
ASH Featured on NBC-TV and CNN [03/12-1]
Text of Jeffords' Bill Posted [03/11-5]
Industry Advertising For Immunity [03/11-4]
Confusion Over What to Do [03/11-3]
Sen. Jeffords Warned About Bill [03/11-2]
Industry Misrepresenting Secondhand Smoking Study [03/10-4]
Clinton to be Pressured at Dinner? [03/10-3]
Medicaid Cost of Smoking Over $12 Billion/Yr. [03/10-2]
Say "No" to Deal - Kessler [03/10-1]
Minn. Special Master's Report [03/09-6]
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