| Title | Intro | Date |
| Managers of tobacco suit money aided GOP |
HOUSTON – Within weeks of getting Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander's OK to manage the state's $1.4 billion tobacco lawsuit settlement money, principals in four money management companies donated $38,000 to a Republican political fund, the Houston Chro |
05/22/01 |
| Two companies won't pay up for smokers' lawsuit |
Two tobacco companies say they won't join three others in setting aside money for a group of sick smokers in Florida who won a lawsuit last year. |
05/22/01 |
| Claims that smoking a cigarette is twice as risky for a woman as a man are backed up by experiments |
Claims that smoking a cigarette is twice as dangerous for a woman as a man are backed up by experiments on lung tissue, says a UK expert. But other researchers say the evidence is inconclusive. |
05/22/01 |
| Tobacco cash plan advances |
BATON ROUGE -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to authorize selling up to 40 percent of the state's $4.6 billion settlement with the tobacco companies. |
05/22/01 |
| Zyban Helps Smokers with Lung Disease Quit: Study |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The anti-depressant bupropion (Zyban) is an effective means to help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to quit smoking, according to a new report. |
05/21/01 |
| New Jersey Teens REBEL Against Tobacco at Two Regional Summits |
LONG BRANCH, N.J., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Regional Summits welcomed, informed and motivated more than 500 members of REBEL (Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies), New Jersey's youth anti-tobacco movement, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior S |
05/21/01 |
| Higher cigarette tax pitched for anti-tobacco effort |
Madison - Reeling from a substantial budget cut, anti-tobacco forces are clinging to the hope that lawmakers will restore some funding to the fledgling state Tobacco Control Board, possibly by raising the cigarette tax. |
05/21/01 |
| Nicotine May Fight TB Bug: Study |
ORLANDO (Reuters Health) - Finally, some good news about nicotine: researchers say the addictive compound in tobacco may be a potent killer of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB), and other dangerous bacteria as well. |
05/21/01 |
| UC Davis study: fewer Californians dying of lung cancer, pulmonary disease as smoking decreases |
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The state’s successful efforts to reduce smoking are paying off with tangible results: Fewer Californians than expected are dying of lung cancer and chronic lung disease, according to a study by a UC Davis researcher. |
05/21/01 |
| Current interventions fall short for smoking cessation |
One reason that smokers have such difficulty quitting may be that their minds crave the sensory rewards of smoking just as much as their bodies crave the nicotine, according to a new study. |
05/21/01 |
| Studies show smoking's toll on children |
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (UPI) -- Children exposed to cigarette smoke have
stunted lung development and high lead exposure according to two studies
released Sunday at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. |
05/20/01 |
| A Downer for Smokers |
May 19 — Smokers may already have enough reasons to quit, but researchers have found another reason that'll definitely grab the attention of a lot of men. |
05/19/01 |
