| Title | Intro | Date |
| Smokers hardest hit by old age disability |
SMOKERS are not only more likely to die young, they are also hit hardest by disability in old age, a study says. |
07/18/00 |
| US States To Spend $8B Of Tobacco Settlement Through 2001 |
WASHINGTON (AP)--U.S. States plan to spend $8 billion through next year in tobacco settlement money - the first installment of a 25-year cash flow - and nearly half the money is going toward health care services for working poor families, a report shows. |
07/18/00 |
| Big Tobacco Making Objections |
MIAMI (AP) - A routine act that wraps up most trials, the signing of the final judgment, is ``a big issue'' to Big Tobacco and may dictate the future of a smokers' case that produced a record $145 billion verdict, a tobacco lawyer said Monday. |
07/17/00 |
| Stronger profits seen for top U.S. cigarette makers |
NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. tobacco companies are expected to post higher second-quarter profits this week, reflecting an easing legal climate and some retail stockpiling that has driven up shipment volumes, analysts said. |
07/17/00 |
| Smokers Lawyers Urge Judge to OK $145 Billion Verdict |
MIAMI (Reuters) - Plaintiffs' lawyers, saying they were eager to start accruing the interest, pressed for a quick signing by the trial judge of an historic $145 billion judgement against America's biggest tobacco companies. |
07/17/00 |
| Avoiding Allergic Triggers May Lower Rate of Asthma in Kids |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Avoiding exposure to dust, pets and tobacco smoke, and choosing breast milk over regular formula may lower rates of asthma among infants, researchers suggest. |
07/17/00 |
| Court Upholds Rules on Tobacco Ads |
BOSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld most of the strict regulations on tobacco advertising imposed by Massachusetts last year, ruling they do not violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies. |
07/17/00 |
| Tobacco Lawyers Back to Court After Shocking Ruling |
MIAMI (Reuters) - Lawyers for cigarette companies and sick Florida smokers head back to court on Monday to figure out the next step now that the jury has awarded an astonishing $145 billion in punitive damages. |
07/16/00 |
| Fla. verdict may prompt new lawsuits by smokers |
For the tobacco companies that help propel key segments of the Carolinas economy, Friday's $144.8 billion punitive damage award may not be the real concern. |
07/16/00 |
| Tobacco Companies Criticized |
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Cabinet member said Sunday that the $145 billion punitive damage award against the tobacco industry shows that cigarette companies must change their practices. And the Senate's top Republican scolded them for being arrogant. |
07/16/00 |
| Tobacco Investors Unfazed by Damage Award |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The record-breaking punitive damage award handed down in the Engle sick-smokers trial raised little more than a ripple in the stock market, showing that share prices already reflected expectations of a successful appeal by the industr |
07/15/00 |
| NY Tobacco Tax Hike a 'Disaster' |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The near doubling of New York's cigarette tax to a highest-in-the-nation $1.11 a pack has been a disaster for small retailers, a business group says. |
07/15/00 |
