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Pregnant Smokers Have Aggressive Kids

That's the conclusion of a report made public at an international conference on aggression in Montreal ...
The number of women who smoke is expected to more than double in the next 30 years ...
The scentists call on governments to do more to help mothers stop smoking ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

What has the cigar manufacturers upset is that the new Massachusetts law requires a conspicuous black-and-white health warning label on the top 25 percent ...
Actors who puff on the cigars include Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, and Whoopi Goldberg ...
And antitobacco congressmen have introduced legislation making cigars abide by the same labeling and advertising rules as cigarettes ...
Public-health groups are pointing to a sharp rise in teenage cigar smoking at the same time the industry has increased its advertising ...

More Teen One-Timers Getting Hooked

Women who smoke when pregnant are more likely to have agressive children ...
In a survey of more than 16,000 students nationwide, nearly 36 percent who had ever smoked said their smoking had escalated to at least a cigarette a day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
What has the cigar manufacturers upset is that the new Massachusetts law requires a conspicuous black-and-white health warning label on the top 25 percent ...
It's not clear where the cigar companies stand on federal legislation ...

Supreme Court's Decision in Massachusetts Advertising Case

The children hit more, they grab toys from other children, and they're antisocial, according to Dr ...
The California warning label, by comparison, is almost inconspicuous ...

Editorial: Keep Pressuring Big Tobacco

In the same time period, cigar sales jumped from $ 613 million to $ 876 million, representing the purchase of 4 ...
That's the conclusion of a report made public at an international conference on aggression in Montreal ...
During the last week of June, a 50-year-old Chicago woman, an elderly Tucson man and a paraplegic in Austin died in smoking -related fires ...
California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...

Editorial: Demand Fire Safe Cig. Law

Last year, according to the American Lung Association, 38 percent of movies included a cigar scene ...
The media often picture athletes, celebrities, and politicians puffing away on giant stogies at parties or awards ceremonies ...
The number of women who smoke is expected to more than double in the next 30 years ...
During the last week of June, a 50-year-old Chicago woman, an elderly Tucson man and a paraplegic in Austin died in smoking -caused fires ...

Objectionable Promotion For Cigarettes - Bars

Now the industry is fighting the first state regulations in the nation setting such standards if its feet are held to the fire ...
Seventy percent of students surveyed said they had tried cigarettes at least once ...

Collect Back Taxes from Residents that Purchased Cigarettes Online

Now the industry is fighting the first state regulations in the nation setting such standards if its feet are held to the fire ...
The percentage is probably higher among teen-agers over all because the survey did not include dropouts, Mr ...

Last Defense Witness Testifies in Federal Tobacco Trial

Over the past five years, the cigar industry has told the American public to light up a cigar to celebrate good times ...
Before leaving federal court for the day, government lawyers told Judge Gladys Kessler of Federal District Court that they would know on Friday whether they would seek to offer a short rebuttal, which might involve a few more witnesses ...

Flavored cigs harmful

Requests Regulation of Bidi Cigarettes Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has filed a legal petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the FTC to halt the unfair and deceptive trade practices surrounding bidi cigarettes ...
Before leaving federal court for the day, government lawyers told Judge Gladys Kessler of Federal District Court that they would know on Friday whether they would seek to offer a short rebuttal, which might involve a few more witnesses ...
The media often picture athletes, celebrities, and politicians puffing away on giant stogies at parties or awards ceremonies ...
Now the industry is fighting the first state regulations in the nation setting such standards if its feet are held to the fire ...