Second-hand smoke dispute crucial issue in US govt&#39;s $280b tobacco ...
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WASHINGTON - Second hand smoke can cause cancer. Itâs what the surgeon general says, so too the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.
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Secondhand smoke can cause cancer. It&#39;s what the surgeon general says. So too the Environmental Protection Agency. And the World Health Organization.
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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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The U.S. government's effort to cut the  adult smoking rate to 12 percent or less by 2010 will fail  unless most states increase funding for anti-tobacco programs,  federal health officials said on Wednesday.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The illegal trade in stolen and smuggled tobacco, once the work of lone, street-corner thugs, is a source of growing concern for police across the country now that organized crime is involved, a senior RCMP officer says.
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The U.S. isn't the only country cutting back on public smoking
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THE government is today expected to announce wide-ranging restrictions on smoking in public - but will stop short of a total ban. Health Secretary John Reid is due to unveil a blueprint for the nation&#39;s health
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LONDON, October 26  - The world&#39;s second-largest cigarette maker, British American Tobacco Plc (BMT.ETR) reported a 13.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has frustrated advocates who had hoped to link the funding to new laws regulating cigarettes.
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WASHINGTON The tobacco industry urged a federal appeals court today to throw out a decision allowing the Justice Department to sue cigarette companies for 280 (b) billion dollars.
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I HAVE always been appalled by the antics of the tobacco industry in Nigeria. While the rest of the world is engaged in a war on tobacco and the industry is in retreat, it appears that Big Tobacco faces no form of opposition in Nigeria.
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Delta Democrat Times. It is estimated by the American Cancer Society that more than 45 percent of Americans are smokers, which should make for an interesting public hearing tonight - and
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On Sept. 21 a landmark trial will begin. At stake is no less than $280 billion in what the feds claim is ill-gotten profits. As an industry, tobacco is no stranger to the courts.
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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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A new global treaty on tobacco is sure to be trouble for tobacco companies.
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WASHINGTON - After five years of legal wrangling, the nation's largest cigarette-makers are meeting federal lawyers in court for the trial phase of the government's record $280 billion civil racketeering suit against the tobacco industry.    The government alleges the industry conspired to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking and the addictive nature of nicotine, and illegally targeted children through marketing campaigns...
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More than 27,000 people respond to the government-sponsored public consultation on smoking in public places.