Tobacco taxes may go to child health
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The nation's 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children's health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill.
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Health groups are trying to generate momentum for legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.
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Exposure to harmful factors in early childhood could play a bigger-than-expected role in shaping respiratory problems in adult life.
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Nicotine vaccine looks to help smokers kick the habit.
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The Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel recommended on Thursday.
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The Spitzer administration has proposed a $3.50-a-gram tax on marijuana and a $200-a-gram tax on other illegal drugs like cocaine. Some experts are skeptical.
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This week's votes on a children's health program go to a key issue in next year's elections: How much should the government spend to insure families with modest but not poverty-level incomes?
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Setting up a veto showdown with President George W. Bush, the U.S. Congress on Thursday approved legislation to expand a popular children's health care program and pay for it with higher taxes on tobacco products.
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Vaccines, taxes on tobacco and   condom distribution are among the "best buys" for improving   health in developing countries, the Pan American Health   Organization said on Wednesday.
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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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One billion people may die of tobacco-related illness this century, almost all of them in developing countries, the World Health Organization warned yesterday as it rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to limit the spread of smoking.
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In a major setback for public health  groups, congressional tax negotiators on Tuesday blocked a plan  to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco,  but a $10 billion package for tobacco farmers was set to be  approved.
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The smoking rate among New York Cityâs teenagers is now far lower than among teenagers nationwide, due mainly to high taxes and curbs on public smoking, officials said.
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In the 43 years since the U.S. surgeon general warned of the dangers of cigarette smoking, the percentage of Americans who light up has been cut in half, tobacco companies have paid billions of dollars in legal settlements and smoking has come to be widely reviled as a nasty habit.
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By Karen Walters, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 6--PONTIAC -- Children caught with cigarettes or other tobacco products in Pontiac will receive tickets from police.
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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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Smokers would pay an extra 50 cents for a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts, and Bay State employers would be required to offer healthcare coverage to their workers under legislation unveiled yesterday by a key state senator.