| Title | Intro | Date |
| Tobacco-buying age will rise to 19 after Assembly approval of measure |
Despite an argument that 18-year-olds are mature enough to make their own decisions about smoking, the Assembly yesterday passed legislation that would raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 19. |
01/10/06 |
| Tomato Juice Might Protect Lungs |
50% mixture prevented emphysema in mouse study, Japanese researchers say |
01/10/06 |
| New Clue for Smoking's Impact on Rheumatoid Arthritis |
MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have known for years that smokers are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, but Swedish scientists now think they know why: Tobacco use makes it more likely that a rare genetic condition will trigger t |
01/09/06 |
| Huffing and Puffing |
Exercise Can Help Reduce the Damage Even Current Smokers Face. It May Also Help Them Quit. |
01/03/06 |
| Tobacco take to top $90 million |
OKLAHOMA CITY - New tobacco taxes paid in 2005 are expected to boost health-care programs by more than $90 million, despite problems with collecting those taxes from tribal smoke shops, especially in Tulsa. |
01/02/06 |
| Keeping New Year's resolutions can be difficult |
With each new year, many of us make New Year's resolutions. But sticking to that resolution is sometimes hard to do. |
01/02/06 |
| Spain Implements Smoking Ban in Offices, Some Bars |
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Spain began prohibiting smoking in the workplace as a new tobacco law takes effect this year. |
01/02/06 |
| Smoking routines burned deep |
Separating cigarettes from daily activities turns into first psychological battle |
01/02/06 |
| Could 1.7 trillion cigarettes be wrong? China says yes |
BEIJING — In a nation where bureaucrats build mammoth glass-and-steel city halls, the offices of China's National Tobacco Control Office — the bureau charged with educating the country's 1.3 billion people about the health hazards of smoking — are s |
12/31/05 |
| State Supreme Court overturns $14.8M tobacco fine |
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a $14.8 million fine the state imposed on R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for illegally doling out free cigarettes at a beer fest, a biker rally and other public events. |
12/22/05 |
| Tobacco Companies Sponsored Luxury Trips for DeLay |
Public records show that former House majority leader Tom DeLay used contributions and services from tobacco companies and other special interests for a notable number of extravagant trips and luxury outings, according to an Associated Press review publis |
12/22/05 |
| Smoking May Make Psoriasis Worse |
THURSDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- People with psoriasis are more likely to be smokers, and the smoking habit appears to make the skin condition worse, according to two new studies. |
12/22/05 |
