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ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR MAY 1999

Indians May Be Suing Big Tobacco [05/28-2]

Genders Differ on Smoking [05/28-1]

Hawaii Paper Bans Tobacco Ads [05/27-2]

Singapore Uses Shock Tactics [05/27-1]

Bidi Probe Sought by Sen. Durbin - Read Letters [05/26-4]

US Senate Bucks SmokeFree Trend [05/26-3]

JAMA Study: Smoking Bans Help Business [05/26-2]

NEWSWEEK on New "Smoking Gun" [05/26-1]

UN's WHO Votes for Tobacco Framework Convention [05/25-3]

Smoking Can Weaken Immune System [05/25-2]

Women Smoking To Have Smaller Babies [05/25-1]

ASH on New Secret Memo Helping FDA [05/24-2]

ASH Blasts Irish Appointment [05/24-1]

Lockout Machines Are Vending Machines [05/21-6]

Tobacco Recovery At Risk? [05/21-5]

UK Ends Oversees Tobacco Promotion [05/21-4]

States Now Free to Waste Tobacco Settlement $$s [05/21-3]

Smoking At Home Triggers Asthma Attacks [05/21-2]

Support For Atlanta Smoking Ban [05/21-1]

Use Powerful Govt. Search Engine - FREE For Now [05/20-5] 

More on Restauranteurs Challenge MD Smoking Ban [05/20-4] 

ENGLE: Industry Winds Up Defense; Goes to Jury in 2-3 Weeks [05/20-3]

Class Action Launched to Reimburse Smoker Medicaid Recipients [05/20-2]

ACSH Report on ETS [05/20-1]

Montgomery County [MD] Smoking Ban Challenged [05/19-5]

ENGLE: Retired PM Exec Denies Marketing to Kids [05/19-4]

CA: Suit Filed Alleging Industry Collusion and Fund Misappropriation [05/19-3]

WI Joint Finance Committee Approves $31m for Antismoking Programs [05/19-2] 

Smokers Interfering With Cancer Study [05/19-1]

World Bank Report on Worldwide Tobacco Use [05/18-5]

ENGLE: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Argue for Rebuttal Witnesses [05/18-4]

WI Debates How Much Money Should Go To Smoking Prevention [05/18-3]

NV Poll Shows 78% Want Settlement $s to Go to Cut Teen Smoking [05/18-2] 

MN Legislature Does the Right Thing With Tobacco $s [05/18-1] 

Supreme Court Rules Against Smoker Suit [05/17-5]

Tobacco Reps. May Try to Kill Federal Law Suit [05/17-4]

Wash. Post  Opposes Hutchinson Giveaway [05/17-3]

HELP Keep/Make Oregon SmokeFree [05/17-2]

African Americans Sue Over Discrimination [05/17-1]

Please Help Stop Hutchinson Giveaway! [05/14-2]

Tobacco Wins - Other Legal Developments [05/14-1]

RJR To Spin Off Its Domestic Tobacco by June [05/13-7]

Retailer Takes Down Tobacco Billboards [05/13-6]

M.D. Testifies, ETS Caused Abnormality in Second-Hand Smoke Trial [05/13-5]

MA Town Bans Matches & Lighters for Minors [05/13-4]

Supplemental Appropriations Bill Ripe for Clinton Veto [05/13-3]

Appropriations Conference Report Retains Fed Recoupment Ban [05/13-2]

New # 3 Japan Tobacco Targets Eastern Europe [05/13-1]

White House Threatens to Veto Emergency Funding Bill [05/12-5]

How to Avoid Cig Tax Increase? DIY with a Cigarette Machine [05/12-4]

Smoking Linked to Vision Loss and Meningitis [05/12-3]

Japan Tobacco Completes RJR Non-US Ops Purchase [05/12-2]

WHO Accuses Industry of an International Cover-up [05/12-1]

WHO's 52nd Session Will Address Tobacco [05/11-6]

RJR to Discuss Food Tobacco Split [05/11-5]

Industry Escapes Damages in TN Smokers' Trial [05/11-4]

US Tobacco Acknowledges Smokeless Tobacco Causes Oral Cancer [05/11-3]

Banzhaf: "They'll Put Chocolate in It, Vanilla in It, It's A Gimmick" [05/11-2]

South China Post on Flavored Cigarettes [05/11-1]

Help Stop Big Tobacco's Threat to FDA - On Line [05/10-6]

MA Kids Rally Against Tobacco[05/10-5]

MN Children Demonstrate at the "Tobacco Memorial Wall" [05/10-4]

Different Types of Smokers Need Different Cessation Approaches [05/10-3]

Ontario To Sue Industry/Reprise on the Immediate Benefits of Quitting [05/10-2]

NY Calls Foul on Michael Jordan's Steakhouse for Smoking Violations [05/10-1]

Do Americans Prefer States Control Settlement Money? [05/07-3]

Bad Policy May Equal Bad Law - FDA & Tobacco [05/07-2]

Cigarette Billboard Ban Doesn't Apply to Retailers [05/07-1]

Teen Magazines Discuss Tobacco [05/06-8]

ENACT Urges - Oppose Hutchinson Amendment [05/06-7]

Jury Deliberates in TN Smokers' Trial [05/06-6]

ENGLE: Psychiatrist Tells Jury Why Smoker Continue After Disease [05/06-5]

ENGLE: Statistician Questions the Reliability of ACS Survey [05/06-4]

Hutchison Bill to Shield States Running Out of Time [05/06-3]

More on Emotions and Smoking [05/06-2]

Smoking Increases Risk of Fatal Bladder Cancer [05/06-1]

San Fernando City Council Passes Tobacco Advertising Restrictions [05/05-6]

Tobacco Riders Staying in Emergency Appropriations Bill [05/05-5]

ETS: First Lady Helps Launch Asthma Prevention Program [05/05-4]

ME Bill Would Prohibit Use of Minors in Stings [05/05-3]

NC Officials Tell Fed to Back Off Settlement Money [05/05-2]

Some Closing Argument Remarks in TN Smokers' Trial [05/05-1]

Institute Deputy Paid Off By Industry for ETS Study Manipulations [05/04-4]

MD: Antitobacco Goes to the Airwaves and Names Names on Cig Tax [05/04-3]

Closing Arguments Begin in Shelby Tobacco Cases [05/03-2]

Pediatricians Need to Do More Tobacco Intervention and Counseling [05/04-1]

Rob Reiner Takes Aim at Sen. Lott [05/03-7]

Non-profit Endorsements of Private Products Under Fire [05/03-6]

Mass. Restaurant Assoc. & Industry Linked [05/03-5]

KOOL Smoker's Case Against B&W Begins Today [05/03-4]

Lorillard Loses Asbestos Filter Case - Judgment $2.2M [05/03-3]

New Research: The Case of the "Hard-Core" Smoker [05/03-2]

FDA Appeal: Banzhaf Says Strong Case for Agency's Interpretation [05/03-1]

An Interview Reveals Interesting Information [05/01-2]

Is the Brown & Williamson Website Truly Responsible? [05/01-1]

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