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Reports of Oregon Verdict Cite ASH [03/31-9]
NBER Abstract of "The Economics of Smoking" [03/31-8]
New Restaurant ETS Campaign Launched in Chicago [03/31-7]
Former US Surgeon General Supports FLA Youth Tobacco Program [03/31-6]
US Dist. Ct. Judge Dismisses Part of Smoker's Lawsuit [03/31-5]
New Drug May Stop Addictions [03/31-4]
Smokeless Tobacco Linked to a Drop in Strength [03/31-3]
VA DMV Takes New Approach to Identifying Minors [03/31-2]
Method for Quitting May Be Gene Based [03/31-1]
ASH Reacts to $81M Oregon Tobacco Verdict [03/30-11]
Broadcasters Are Refusing Airtime for Some Antitobacco PSA's [03/30-10]
Cigar Warnings: ASH Acts, YOU Can Help [03/30-9]
Disturbing Trends in Women's Magazines [03/30-8]
Jury in Deliberations in Oregon Man's Lawsuit Against PM [03/30-7]
Confidential Reports: Industry Targets Women [03/30-6]
PA Court Upholds Dismissal of Health & Welfare Fund Lawsuit [03/30-5]
As Predicted, PM Files Motion for JNOV in Henley $51M Verdict [03/30-4]
DC Court May Be the Gatekeeper for Int'l Lawsuits Against Industry [03/30-3]
ENGLE: Judge Excludes Claims to 37 Illnesses [03/30-2]
Scathing Article on Industry and PR Lauds ASH's Banzhaf [03/30-1]
Maine on the Verge of a Major Antitobacco Victory [03/29-8]
Tobacco Tax to Fund Medicare Prescriptions Falters in Senate [03/29-7]
PM Suspected of Self-Serving Duplicity in Anti-Smoking Ads [03/29-6]
Antitobacco Activists Focus on the Effects Smoking on Women [03/29-5]
FL. Continues to Fund Embattle Anti-Smoking Campaign [03/29-4]
Awaiting Class Certification in Rev. Brown's Suit Against Menthol [03/29-3]
WOMEN: Smoking Identified as Major Risk Factor in Heart Disease [03/29-2]
New Study in JAMA on ETS [03/29-1]
Opinion Upholding Nonsmoking Flight Attendant Settlement [03/26-7]
WV: Another State Makes the Billboard Change-Over [03/26-6]
An Australian View on Smoking [03/26-5]
Momentum Picking Up for Rating Toons with "Bad" Behavior [03/26-4]
More of ASH's Banzhaf on Broin Class-Action [03/26-3]
Oregon Jury Deliberates Smoker's Product Liability Case [03/26-2]
Smoker's Lawyer Criticizes Industry in Closing Arguments [03/26-1]
Flight Attendants' ETS Win Withstands Appeal [03/25-10]
Court Erred: Alabama University Allowed to Sue Industry [03/25-9]
Students Want A Smokefree Statehouse: Like The Sign Outside Says [03/25-8]
Legislation Would Make Purchasing and Possession by Minors Illegal [03/25-7]
ME Senate Follows House on Restaurant Smoking Ban [03/25-6]
Teens Fight "Absurd" Tobacco Laws in IL [03/25-5]
Smokeless Tobacco Use on the Rise [03/25-4]
Bill Offered Requiring States to Spend 25% on Tobacco Control [03/25-3]
New Study: ETS Ups Heart Risks [03/25-2]
Controversial New PSA Won't Be Shown on Some Networks [03/25-1]
Persuade Your Parks to Ban Smoking [03/24-8]
Flight Attendant Settlement Approved - ASH Helped [03/24-7]
Days May Be Numbered for the Tobacco Auction System [03/24-6]
Maine House Passes Restaurant Smoking Ban [03/24-5]
Future of Florida's Successful "Truth" Campaign in Question [03/24-4]
Kids Defiant of No Smoking Laws [03/24-3]
Arizona May Ban All Smoking at Schools [03/24-2]
Debate Continues on Where Settlement Money Should Go [03/24-1]
ALERT: Help Stop Multi-Billion $ Federal Giveaway [03/23-8]
Nevada Debates Strict New Antitobacco Laws [03/23-7]
Replacing Bad Habits with Good [03/23-6]
Antitobacco Billboards Going Up Industry Gets the Bill [03/23-5]
ASH Cited in Marijuana-Cigarette Link Expose [03/23-4]
Smoking in the Toons: What Kids Are Seeing [03/23-3]
Police Commend Retailers That Don't Sell to Minors [03/23-2]
Debate in Texas Over Penalties for Underage Smokers [03/23-1]
Antitobacco Answers the Pro-Tobacco Camp in MD [03/22-9]
Federal Judge Says Smoker's Suit Is Time-Barred [03/22-8]
What Does the Ohio Union Verdict Mean? [03/22-7]
The Settlement and Communities of Color [03/22-6]
Quit and Keep Your Tooth [03/22-5]
Fuming Mad About Smokers' Litter [03/22-4]
Butts May Be Toxic to Pets and Children [03/22-3]
Nicotine Exposure May Be Higher in Women Menthol Smokers [03/22-2]
Smoking Mothers Risk Criminal Children [03/22-1]
Ohio Unions Lose Against Industry [03/19-10]
Senate Kills Effort to Direct States' Spending of Settlement Money [03/19-7]
Link Between ETS Ear Infections, Asthma and Now Gum Disease [03/19-6]
Study Links Genes to Nicotine Addiction [03/19-5]
Smoking Causes Heartburn, Heartburn Causes Deadly Form of Cancer [03/19-4]
New Study: Pollutants, Including Tobacco Smoke Harm Children [03/19-3]
Reinventing the Zippo - Target Market, Kids [03/19-2]
Analysts Caution Tobacco Settlement Bond Buyers [03/19-1]
Senate Defeats Settlement Proposal (voting record) [03/18-6]
Jury Deliberates Ohio Union Tobacco Suit [03/18-5]
Engle: Federal Effort to Make Cigs Safer, a Flop Says Industry Exec [03/18-4]
Experts Testify $54M Needed for Inroads in Antitobacco [03/18-3]
White House Threatens Veto [03/18-2]
Surgeon General's Clear on Where Settlement $$'s Must Go [03/18-1]
More on JAMA Study: Self-Deception by Smokers [03/17-8]
MDs Question a Duke Researcher's Industry Grants [03/17-7]
Federal/State Compromise Taking Shape [03/17-6]
Shalala Letter to Appropriations Chair Stops Short of Veto Threat [03/17-5]
Fed/State Battle Heats Up in Congress [03/17-4]
Fire-Safe Cigs Would Have Prevented 3,710 Deaths & Injuries [03/17-3]
Two Sioux Tribes File Lawsuit Against Industry [03/17-2]
Judge Refuses to Reconsider Dismissal of Suit for More VA $$'s [03/17-1]
New Smokers-Knowledge Study Has Major Implications [03/16-6]
ASH Supports Fire-safe Cigarette Bill [03/16-5]
Smoking Combined with Oral Contraceptives- Stress & Heart Disease [03/16-4]
New Merger May See PM Acquire Rothman's Canadian Interests [03/16-3]
Sen. Spector to Offer a Measure on States' Settlement Spending [03/16-2]
A Look at the Feds' Lead Attorney Against the Industry [03/16-1]
Fire Safe Cigs Press Conf. [03/15-8]
New Study: Smoking Moms, Criminal Sons [03/15-7]
ENGLE: Judge to Decide Industry's Motion for Directed Verdict [03/15-6]
DOJ Tobacco Suit Gearing UP, not down [03/15-5]
VA Tobacco Growers Get $4M from Settlement [03/15-4]
Senate Anti-Tobacco Forces Prepare for Battle in Congress [03/15-3]
Teacher Sues Over Smoking in the Boys Room [03/15-2]
Shootout in the Lifeboat: RJR Sues PM [03/15-1]
Antismoking Websites Profiled [03/13-4]
ASH Reward Program Cited [03/13-3]
Federal Investigation Winding Down [03/13-2]
RJR Spinoof May Not Affect Liability [03/12-1]
Analysis on the Future of Tobacco Settlement Bonds [03/12-4]
Tobacco 'Truth' Campaign Unexpectedly Disintegrates [03/12-3]
DOJ Seems to Be Dismantling Tobacco Probe [03/12-2]
Congress Maneuvers On Appropriations & Federal Recoupment [03/12-1]
Women's History Month: Attempts to Addict Women [03/11-5]
Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer: High Fat Diet & Smoking [03/11-4]
PM Sues Over Trademark and Loss of Goodwill [03/11-3]
Cigar Smoke Immediately & Adversely Effects Blood [03/11-2]
Judge Approves Blues $469m Settlement Spending Plan [03/11-1]
LA's 17 Foot Marlboro Man is No More [03/10-5]
ENGLE: Industry Atty Asks Judge to Make Smokers File Individually [03/10-4]
RJR Nabisco Not Free and Clear from Smokers' Lawsuits [03/10-3]
Judge Allows Critics of Liggett Settlement More Time [03/10-2]
Liggett Tries to Wrap Up Settlement Offer to Individuals [03/10-1]
RJR to Spin Off Tobacco and Food [03/09-7]
Can You Believe It: Fashion Faux Pas [03/09-6]
House Attempts to Find Middle Ground Between Fed/State [03/09-5]
PA Antitobacco Groups Drop Settlement Challenge [03/09-4]
Teens and Missed Chances [03/09-3]
New Evidence: Prenatal Smoking and Anti-Social Children [03/09-2]
Responding to Tobacco Restrictions: The Gender Differential [03/09-1]
Changes May Be Afoot at RJR, Whispers of a Federal Settlement [03/08-5]
U. of S. Alabama Wins Jurisdiction Battle in Appeals [03/08-4]
Union Health Funds Rest [03/08-3]
MO District Ct. Approves Settlement, Appeals to Follow [03/08-2]
New Report: The Smoking Gender Gap [03/08-1]
The "First Great Anti-Smoking Campaign" - ASH's [03/07-1]
Why the AMA Backs Pro-Tobacco Legislators [03/07-1]
Judge Upholds ADA Law Suit Seeking Smoking Ban [03/05-7]
Smoke-Free Zones on Colleges Spreading [03/05-6]
Senate Bill Amendment Would Prevent Federal Recoupment [03/05-5]
More Indian Tribes May Join Pending Action [03/05-4]
ENGLE: Industry Chemist Testifies, Jurors Roll Eyes [03/05-3]
High-Blood Pressure and Smoking Linked to Senility [03/05-2]
Zyban and Patch Together Show Cessation Success [03/05-1
AUSTRALIA: Class-Action Against 3 Tobacco Firms in Preparation [03/04-6]
International Policy Conference on Children and Tobacco [03/04-5]
US Wants to Block Bail for RJR Executive Smuggler [03/04-4]
Industry Refuses to Make Cigarettes "Safer" [03/04-3]
FTC Prohibits "No Bull" Advertising [03/04-2]
Collapse of Class Action" May Discourage Litigation in Europe [03/04-1]
FTC Settles Additive Case Using Banzhaf Remedy [03/03-9]
ASH Documents Failure to Make Cigs Safer [03/03-8]
UK Sees Rise in Smoking: Smuggling or Promotions the Cause? [03/03-7]
Brown Lawsuit: Menthols, Targeting and Civil Rights [03/03-6]
NY Promises to Sue If Fed Attempts to Recoup Settlement $$'s [03/03-5]
Genes Linked to Nicotine Addiction Susceptibility [03/03-4]
Smoking Derived Cancer-Causing Agent Found in Newborns [03/03-3]
Scientist Fired for Cessation Research [03/03-2]
Toughest Smoking Ban in the Mid-Atlantic Passed [03/03-1]
FTC May Act Wednesday on Health Warnings [03/02-14]
THANKS U ALL: Montgomery Cty [MD] Bans Smoking [03/02-13]
More Latin American States to Sue Industry [03/02-12]
Conference Confirms Low-Tar Threat [03/02-11]
Alaska's High Cig. Tax Credited with 17% Decline [03/02-10]
What Quitting Can Do: 20 minutes to 15 years [03/02-9]
Closing of Cigarette Plant May Decrease Pollution [03/02-8]
ENGLE: Industry Denies Manipulating Nicotine Levels [03/02-7]
Iowa House Committee Reports Out a Ban on Cig Samples [03/02-6]
AZ Counties Petition Court to Reopen State's Settlement [03/02-5]
ENGLE: Defense Witnesses on the Stand [03/02-4]
New Approach in Smoking Cessation Therapy [03/02-3]
HHS Disturbed By Cigar Focus Group Findings [03/02-2]
LA Class Action and NY Sets Blue Cross/Shield Trial Date [03/02-1]
ASH Helps Spur Cigar Warnings, Now in Calif. [03/01-6]
"Canaries Declaration" Calls For Tobacco-Free 21st Century [03/01-5]
LA Smokers Class Action Approved [03/01-4]
Industry Begins Defense in 1st Tobacco Class Action [03/01-3]
PA Anti-tobacco Groups Disappointed by Judges Opinion [03/01-2]
Fed
Proposes Fitting Cigars With Warning Labels [03/01-1]
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