| Title | Intro | Date |
| R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris Lose EU Court Battle |
Luxembourg, Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc., Philip Morris Cos. and Japan Tobacco Inc. lost a round in their legal battle against European charges of money laundering and tobacco smuggling. |
01/15/03 |
| U.S. Smokeless seeks smokers |
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The image of a lone cowboy or fisherman communing with nature, a wad of tobacco stuck in his cheek, doesn't cut it anymore. Unsociable doesn't sell. |
01/15/03 |
| Latest in Mobile Telecom Solution: Quitting Smoking |
SK Telecom, a leading cell phone operator, said it has launched a wireless hypnotism service to help people quit smoking via mobile phone image downloading. |
01/13/03 |
| Smoke May Turn 'Gold' in Cigar Bars |
When the new smoking ban takes effect, the city's existing cigar bars will attain the status of a rent controlled apartment -- a sweet deal enshrined in law. |
01/13/03 |
| Nicotine by-product lingers in bodies of menthol smokers |
Taste may not be the only difference between menthol and normal cigarettes. |
01/12/03 |
| Florida's new smoking ban may affect some businesses more than others |
The statewide ban on all smoking in workplaces approved Nov. 5 could deal an uneven blow to businesses, restaurant and bar operators say, increasing patrons at some while snuffing out others. |
01/09/03 |
| Survey Reveals Continued Overwhelming Support for Raising Cigarette Tax for Health Care |
COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003--Seventy percent of South Carolinians support a 53-cent cigarette tax increase, according to a new survey released today by the coalition dedicated to raising the cigarette tax in order to secure a permanent, |
01/09/03 |
| Alaska gets an F for smoking ban |
Alaska received an F for its efforts to protect residents from secondhand smoke through smoking bans and earned a C and two Bs in other areas on the first state-by-state tobacco control report card by the American Lung Association. |
01/08/03 |
| Rising Cost of Cigarettes May Help Smokers Honor New Year’s Resolution to Quit |
PITTSBURGH, PA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 01/08/2003 -- More than ever, a significant number of Americans resolved to ring in a smoke-free New Year when the clock struck midnight on December 31st. Leading economic researchers say this surge can be attributed t |
01/08/03 |
| States Flunk Report on Tobacco Control |
TUESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthScoutNews) -- Despite the influx of hundreds of millions of dollars from settlements reached with tobacco companies, most states are still failing to protect the health of their citizens with effective tobacco prevention and cessati |
01/08/03 |
| State criticized for tobacco fund use |
NEW YORK -- The American Lung Association is criticizing states, including Oklahoma, for using tobacco settlement money to cover budget deficits instead of anti-smoking programs. |
01/06/03 |
| Child hospitalizations good time to get parents to stop smoking |
Children admitted to the hospital for respiratory illnesses often suffer from second-hand smoke exposure caused by parental smoking. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have recently found that those hospitalizations can be good times to a |
01/06/03 |
