| Title | Intro | Date |
| N.Y might spend tobacco money on healthcare--paper |
NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters) - New York State's lawmakers are moving toward a consensus that most, if not all, of the state's share of the national $206 billion tobacco settlement should be spent on healthcare, Tuesday's New York Times said. |
11/23/99 |
| Canada government hires tobacco industry "Insider" |
OTTAWA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The Canadian government announced on Tuesday it had hired Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, the man who blew the whistle on the U.S. tobacco industry and inspired the movie ``The Insider'', as a special health consultant on national tobacco p |
11/23/99 |
| Is Your Thanksgiving Dinner Smoking?: Activists Boycott Philip Morris's Kraft Foods |
BOSTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraft Foods may be promoting itself as a ``Thanksgiving Holiday Helper'' on its website and urging consumers to make its products part of their holiday meals, but thousands of US households will be boycotting the brand this |
11/23/99 |
| UCI To Join Smoking Research |
U-C Irvine scientists will join a federal project to determine why people take up smoking and why they can't quit. |
11/22/99 |
| Use Tobacco Settlement Dollars to Reduce Smoking, Not Replace I-695 Money |
OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999--Washington State's tobacco settlement funds should be used to prevent children from taking up the deadly tobacco habit, not to help make up for funding shortfalls due to Initiative 695, said state Secretary |
11/22/99 |
| Canada To Have New Tobacco Warnings |
OTTAWA (AP) - Canada's tobacco industry has deceived the public about its research on smoking, prompting the government to consider tougher anti-smoking measures, Health Minister Allan Rock said Monday. |
11/22/99 |
| Ban on Outdoor Tobacco Ads Illegal |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Local governments do not have the right to ban outdoor advertisements of tobacco products, a federal court for nine Western states has ruled. |
11/20/99 |
| Texas Tobacco Attorneys Get $3.3B |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Five private lawyers will split $3.3 billion for negotiating a multi-billion dollar tobacco settlement for Texas. |
11/20/99 |
| Tobacco Faces More Challenges |
NEW YORK (AP) -- A year after agreeing to pay billions of dollars to settle state government claims for treating sick smokers, Big Tobacco still faces a pack of problems. |
11/19/99 |
| U.S. Judge Vows to Keep Massive Tobacco Case Moving |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite vowing to keep the U.S. Justice Department's massive lawsuit against the tobacco industry moving forward, a federal judge said on Friday that it still may be three years before the case goes to trial. |
11/19/99 |
| Request to Transfer Tobacco Case Denied |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request by Philip Morris Inc. to consolidate the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against the tobacco industry with cases already brought by foreign governments. |
11/18/99 |
| Great American Smokeout Should Include Smokeless Tobacco |
VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999--As thousands of smokers put away their packs of cigarettes today for the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, DentistryOnline.com wants to remind Americans of the dangers of smokeless tobacco |
11/18/99 |
