Tobacco A Smoking Issue for Committee
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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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New controls on tobacco advertising have come into effect, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking. Cigarette and tobacco advertising in shops, pubs and clubs will now be
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Although Democrats have struggled to impose their legislative will on Capitol Hill, they have succeeded on one major front: stamping out the last vestiges of smoking throughout the congressional campus.
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Since 1977, the American Cancer Society has scheduled the Great American Smokeout, a challenge to Americans to quit smoking for one day.
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A report from the Institute of Medicine urged Congress and the president to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco.
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A parliamentary panel in cigarette-friendly France called Tuesday for the government to ban smoking in public places like cafes and restaurants in less than a year _ and floated the prospect of special 'smoking ...Comment
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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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Smokers' rights groups call for some exceptions to England's smoking ban which becomes law next week.
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Toronto -- Health Canada is proposing substantial changes to current requirements for the labelling of tobacco products in an effort to reach more smokers, the federal department said yesterday.
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A parliamentary panel in cigarette-friendly France called Tuesday for the government to ban smoking in public places like cafes and restaurants in less than a year &#151; and floated the prospect of special "smoking rooms."
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Health officials are hoping smokers take heed to warnings and join the Great American Smokeout. The national day to quit smoking is Thursday and locally, health department
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WASHINGTON/SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - The tobacco wars are back in the U.S. Congress, but the battle lines have shifted and anti-smoking forces are no longer facing a monolithic tobacco industry and loyal legislators.
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After years of falling short, advocates of requiring the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco are again waging that fight in Congress -- and this time, they say, the odds are in their favor. Really.
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The legal smoking age should be raised from 16 to 18 to stop young people taking up the habit, a BBC poll suggests.
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As part of the observance of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout on Thurs., Nov. 18, a number of activities are planned by the Keokuk County Tobacco-Free Coalition.
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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 World Health Organization is urging Southeast Asian nations to strengthen curbs on tobacco trade. Shigeru Omi, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, told a conference of the Association of