Senators debate tobacco regulation bill
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About a third of the payments from tobacco companies to the states goes to health care and tobacco control, government auditors said Tuesday.
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A government minister has told the BBC that some form of ban on smoking could be introduced in England and Wales. Tell us what you think.
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Lawyers for the tobacco industry and the government debated yesterday whether a law drafted to prosecute mobsters can be used to obtain $280 billion from cigarette makers.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill  on Monday containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has left a  bitter taste among public health groups that had hoped to link  the funding to new federal laws regulating cigarettes.
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Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
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MPs and peers today called on Health Secretary John Reid to outlaw smoking in public places after a fact-finding mission to Dublin.
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Years of fierce debate about whether the Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and whether tobacco interests should get a buyout because of the plunging value of their crop will be put to the test as a congressional conference committee decides which provisions to include in a major corporate tax relief bill.
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Racing the clock, Senate leaders are applying finishing touches to bipartisan legislation addressing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations just as House GOP leaders prepare to debate their version, which Democrats call partisan and weak.
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The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush have stymied efforts to tighten regulation of tobacco and discourage smoking and states have not spent nearly enough to battle cigarettes, the American Lung Association said on Thursday.
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday prepared for a major battle over children's health care as President George W. Bush vowed to veto a Democratic-backed bill that would raise cigarette taxes to pay for expanding a program for kids in low-income families.
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Senate and U.S. House of Representatives tax negotiators on Tuesday rejected a bid to grant the Food and Drug Administration power to regulate tobacco but were set to approve a &#36;10 billion buyout for U.S. tobacco farmers as part of a big corporate tax bill.
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House Republican negotiators beat back Senate efforts to more aggressively regulate tobacco and to more strictly limit tax shelters yesterday as a congressional conference committee moved
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PRAGUE- The Chamber of Deputies adjourned a vote on the "anti-smoking" bill that bans smoking at various public places and restricts the sale of tobacco and alcohol.
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Scotland's pubs and clubs are to take legal advice to see if they can challenge plans to ban smoking in public places.
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A key issue in the $140 billion bill involves removing Food and Drug Administration regulation from tobacco products. Updates in tax law to help agricultural cooperatives.
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Some U.S. Senate Republicans voiced  reservations on Thursday about a bill designed to stop drug  makers from striking deals to restrict the introduction of  cheaper generic drugs.
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The Senate health committee said on Thursday it will take action next week on a bill that would let the Food and Drug Administration regulate cigarettes, an idea widely supported by public health groups.