| Title | Intro | Date |
| MPs cautious on smoking ban |
A NEW survey claiming almost two-thirds of respondents want smoking banned in clubs and pubs has been met with caution by NSW politicians. |
10/06/03 |
| American Cancer Society Reminds Women Who Smoke - Lung Cancer More Deadly Than Breast Cancer |
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- If you ask most people what cancer is the leading killer of women, they likely will say breast cancer. Surprisingly, they'd be wrong. Lung cancer now leads as the number one cause of cancer death in women. The American |
10/06/03 |
| Anti-Smoking Group Study Extols Tobacco Ban |
Albany - Anti-smoking groups said yesterday they have evidence that the state's ban on smoking in the workplace is being accepted by a majority of New Yorkers and apparently not hurting bar and tavern business. |
10/03/03 |
| Is chewing tobacco as harmful as smoking?… |
Chewing tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking, and is as harmful to health. But it is very difficult to give up. Just like cigarettes, chewing tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. In fact you get more nicotine from chewing tobacco |
10/03/03 |
| House Panel Moves Against Web Tobacco Sites |
A House Judiciary subcommittee approved legislation Thursday giving states additional tax enforcement powers against Internet tobacco retailers and other remote sellers of cigarettes. The legislation requires Web cigarette vendors, including Indian tribes |
10/02/03 |
| State gets failing grade on smoking by women |
WASHINGTON - Wisconsin is failing to do enough to address the problem of women smoking, according to a new advocacy group study that graded states on their efforts to curb tobacco use. |
10/02/03 |
| Georgia flunks effort to reduce women smokers |
ATLANTA -- Georgia isn't doing enough to help women quit smoking, according to an organization that gives the state an "F" on a national report card on woman and tobacco. |
10/01/03 |
| South Dakota fails smoking report |
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota received a failing grade Tuesday, along with 38 other states, for efforts to reduce smoking among females. |
09/30/03 |
| Nevada lowest among states in efforts to reduce women smokers |
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is dead last among all states in efforts to help women quit smoking, according to an advocacy groups's national report card on women and tobacco. |
09/30/03 |
| States Urged to Help Women Quit Smoking |
WASHINGTON - Two years after the surgeon general issued a report calling smoking a leading killer of women, state governments are failing to adequately address the problem, according to a study by an advocacy group. |
09/29/03 |
| Report Linking Teen Smoking to Marijuana Use Disputed |
(CNSNews.com) - A new study concluding that marijuana use among teenagers would be sharply reduced if the teens could first be steered away from cigarettes was criticized Tuesday by a libertarian group for allegedly presenting an unbalanced view of tobacc |
09/18/03 |
| Proponents, foes spar over smoking ban |
ALBANY - A Roswell Park Cancer Institute study concludes that airborne pollutants in bars and restaurants have fallen dramatically since the state's smoking ban took effect, while a trade group says the law has contributed to the closing of six bars in We |
09/17/03 |
