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ASH NEWS ITEMS FOR OCTOBER 1999

New Poll Released Showing Citizens Favor New Cig Tax [10/29-4]

IL: Country's Most Liberal State Smoking Policy Will Soon Change [10/29-3]

The PM Web Circus [10/29-2]

Tobacco Company Purchases Rights to Cancer Vaccines in Development [10/29-1]

No Halloween Myth, Smoking Parents Are Killing Children [10/28-6]

Iowa Responds To Grant Loss With New Tobacco Enforcement Plan [10/28-5]

Industry Fails to Block Blue Cross/Blue Shields Suit for Smoking Costs [10/28-4]

NYC To Sell Tobacco Bonds Starting Nov. 3 [10/28-3]

Coalition Survey Showing Support for Tobacco Tax Released Today [10/28-2]

NY Court of Appeals Dismisses Tobacco Class Actions [10/28-1]

This Halloween, Tell Kids About the REAL Monsters [10/27-4]

New Study on Media Coverage of ETS [10/27-3]

NY Court Throws Out Consumer Protection Case Against PM [10/27-2]

Some Women's Heart Attacks Directly Linked to Smoking [10/27-1]

WHO Launches Negotiations To Curb Worldwide Tobacco Use [10/26-4]

CFTFK Denounces Testing of Marlboro Milds [10/26-3]

Disney Theme Parks Will No Longer Sell Tobacco Products [10/26-2]

GASP Colorado Uncovers Evidence of PM Lobbying Violations [10/26-1]

ASH on NBC News: Industry "Had Better Make Concessions" [10/25-2]

TLC Special Tobacco Wars Draws Attention [10/25-1]

George W. Bush on Tobacco [10/22-3]

"Death Clock" Ticking on UN Smoking Measure [10/22-2]

Interesting Findings From New Smoking Poll [10/22-1]

Major Impact of FL Punitive Damages Ruling [10/21-3]

Yale U Conflicted on Tobacco [10/21-2]

Federal Cigarette Tax Increase Sought [10/21-1]

Big Loss For Big Tobacco in FL [10/20-9]

Oft Forgotten Threat of Periodontal Disease For Smokers [10/20-8]

Vitamin E Derivative May Aid in Reducing Lung Cancer Risk [10/20-7]

Chicago Health Chief Faces an Unsympathetic Board on Smoking Bans [10/20-6]

New Documentary "Tobacco Wars" to Air Friday on TLC [10/20-5]

Drop in Cigarette Consumption, PM Earnings Rise on Kraft's Back [10/20-4]

AAA Not in the Cards for Tobacco Bonds, Rating May Be Split [10/20-3]

Study Focused on the Problem of Pre-teen Smoking [10/20-2]

Gray Marketeers Challenge MSA on Antitrust Grounds [10/20-1]

WHO Appoints Independent Committee to Investigate Industry [10/19-4]

States Under Fire for Synar Amendment Violations [10/19-3]

Utter Hypocrisy in Minnesota, State to Auction Seized Cigarettes [10/19-2]

Smokers Vicious Cycle of Stress and Relaxation Makes It Hard to Quit [10/19-1]

WHO Puts Antismoking in 2000 Agenda [10/18-5]

First Federally Sanctioned Smokers Class-Action in the Works [10/18-4]

Former Associates Turn Plaintiffs: Tobacco Farmers to Sue Industry [10/18-3]

Gore Says All Tobacco Ties of His Staff Have Been Severed [10/18-2]

World Bank Supports Worldwide Cigarette Tax Increase [10/18-1]

Tobacco Fees in Excess of $1 Billion Hold MD State MSA Payout [10/15-4]

The Life and Struggles of Whistle Blower [10/15-3]

Brits Apparently Miffed By US Tobacco Policies and Politics [10/15-2]

PM Execs Sell Their PM Stock [10/15-1]

Crisis Managers Fault PM for Failing Crisis Management 101 [10/14-8]

World History Through Tobacco [10/14-7]

PM Admission Too Late; They Will Fail to "Remold Public Opinion" [10/14-6]

White House Unimpressed with PM Admission [10/14-5]

Reps. Scramble to Revamp Synar Penalty Provisions [10/14-4]

Loopholes & Under Enforcement: States Failing to Cut Teen Smoking II [10/14-3]

Loopholes & Under Enforcement: States Failing to Cut Teen Smoking I [10/14-2]

Ubiquitous Report on Smoking-Related Deaths Attacked By ACSH [10/14-1]

PM: "Overwhelming Evidence" Cigs Are Addictive & Cause Diseases [10/13-5]

Industry Bails on NASCAR to Comply with the Spirit of the MSA [10/13-4]

WHO Launches Investigation of Industry for Global Conspiracy [10/13-3]

The Appalling Rate of Teen Smokers [10/13-2]

Industry Desperately Attempts Image Makeover [10/13-1]

3000 New Teen Smokers Per Day Smoking 3 Most Advertised Brands [10/12-6]

Study Shows Little Difference in Effectiveness of Smoking Aids [10/12-5]

Advice to Gore - Fire Former Tobacco Adster Carter Eskew [10/12-4]

New Study Estimates 3,000 New Teen Smokers A Day [10/12-3]

New Study Shows Smoking Impairs Physical and Mental Functions [10/12-2]

Cigar Industry Booms Then Busts [10/12-1]

Australia Warns About ETS and Asthma in Kids [10/11-6]

Bidis Draw Scrutiny of Lawmakers Nationwide [10/11-5]

Boca Raton City Government Considers Smokefree Hiring Policy [10/11-4]

RICO May Prove DOJ's Most Effective Weapon Against Tobacco [10/11-3]

Health Dept. in PA County Proposes New Fine for Cig Sales to Minors [10/11-2]

Cigars Get New Warning Labels in CA [10/11-1]

Smokers Have Less Sex and Less Enjoyment [10/10-1]

ENGLE: Second Phase Postponed [10/08-4]

ENGLE: Industry Brings in New Lead Counsel - Dan Webb [10/08-3]

Kenya Floats Tough Anti-tobacco Bill [10/08-2]

Many Legal Questions Endure for US v. Industry [10/08-1]

Dole Opposes Federal Tobacco Suit [10/07-3]

Smoking More Dangerous Than Obesity - LINKS [10/07-2]

Smoking Just Doesn't Add Up [10/07-1]

Industry Attempts to Get Second-hand Smoke Data [10/06-5]

Veteran Tobacco Litigators Help WHO Fight Industry [10/06-4]

Gore's Media Consultant Was a Tobacco Spin Doctor [10/06-3]

Proposed Tobacco Tax Has Hill in Turmoil [10/06-2]

20 Minutes to Life, The Advantages of Quitting [10/06-1]

Industry Going to New Lengths to Keep Smokers 'Happy' [10/05-4]

Disturbing Evidence: Kids Smoking to Lose Weight [10/05-3]

Field Trip Shows Students the Dangers of Smoking and Industry Deceit [10/05-2]

TX Gov. Rejects Study Predicting Loss of Settlement Money [10/05-1]

Tobacco Digs Its Heels In [10/04-5]

PA Court Tosses MSA Challenge [10/04-4]

Advice for the Parents of Smoking Kids [10/04-3]

Update on the Class-Action Legislation [10/04-2]

Santa Fe Passes Tough New Antismoking Ordinance [10/04-1]

FTC - Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Report Released [10/01-4]

Smoking Kills Sperm and Sex Drive [10/01-3]

FDA v. Brown & Williamson on the Docket This Term [10/01-2]

Quitter of the Year Awards [10/01-1]

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