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Critics Say Flavored Smokes Cater to Kids

He said it is no coincidence Camel's flavored blends appeared after the 1998 settlement that banned tobacco companies from marketing to young people ...
In a sense they are able to use their customers as guinea pigs to find out whether any of these things are toxic ...
Tobacco companies) don't have to tell the government the principal ingredients," Banzhaf told UPI ...

New Evidence re Smoking in Movies

Banzhaf said that, like soft-drink manufacturers, tobacco companies try to secure brand loyalty at a young age ...
And lawmakers learned a year after the fact that, in 1988, the same company shelled out $350,000 to showcase Lark cigarettes in the James Bond film, "License to Kill ...
In a sense they are able to use their customers as guinea pigs to find out whether any of these things are toxic ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

Last week, several cigar manufacturers went to federal court to block the Massachusetts law, which was supposed to go into effect Aug ...
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 of any package of cigars or in ads for them ...
A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study found that between 1996 and 1997, the number of cigar brands increased from 207 to 319 ...

Former NM Inmate Sues Prison Operators

Surveys have found that almost 11 percent of men and 2 percent of women smoke cigars ...
Greg Parrish, correctional services manager for the county, said Monday that an advisory committee is studying the issue of banning smoking at the jail but is not expected to make a recommendation to the County Commission on the issue until September ...
paid to "place" Marlboro cigarettes and signage in the first and second "Superman" movies ...

Learn Why This Session Could Be The Most Important

California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...
As more people light up, some US officials are saying cigars should abide by the same rules as cigarettes ...
This session, however, could be the most important one of the Conference since it is designed to influence President Clinton's decision regarding ...
Acting at the suggestion of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the 10th World Conference of Tobacco OR Health has added a special session to its already crowded agenda ...

The "Bidi Buzz" Continues

When ASH learned that President Clinton would not announce his decision regarding the proposed deal until September (rather than in August as initially expected), ASH Executive Director John Banzhaf immediately contacted the Conference organizers ...
A former inmate at the Santa Fe County jail has filed a lawsuit claiming he was subjected to "cruel and unusual punishment" when he was forced to breathe the secondhand smoke of other prisoners' cigarettes ...
Last week, several cigar manufacturers went to federal court to block the Massachusetts law, which was supposed to go into effect Aug ...
They are also linked to the same health problems, including lung and oral cancers as regular cigarettes ...
Until now, little evidence has supported the theory that tobacco companies use movies as advertising vehicles ...

Highlights Advantages of State Lawsuits Over Flawed Global Deal

3 billion over 25 years to settle the state's massive suit against the industry--one of the largest court-approved settlements in U ...
Bidis are widely available in area tobacco stores, but a spot check failed to find them for sale at area convenience, grocery and ...
Until now, little evidence has supported the theory that tobacco companies use movies as advertising vehicles ...
Tobacco companies) don't have to tell the government the principal ingredients," Banzhaf told UPI ...
Following are excerpts on the Florida settlement from various news reports ...

Tobacco Therapies Doubtful [02/22-4]

The Florida settlement,therefore, should strengthen the resolve of other states and the U ...
California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...
According to the suit, he was able to quit his habit of one to five cigarettes once he was transferred out of the Santa Fe County jail June 8, 2000 ...
For the first time this fall, the Memphis researchers will include bidis in the list of tobacco products whose use they chart with Memphis seventh-grade students ...
These range from nicotine replacement gum, patches, inhalers and nasal spray to cigarette-like products that produce less smoke and even modified tobacco with fewer toxic chemicals ...

California: Court Seeks Tobacco Law Clarification for Sick Smoker Suits

The media often picture athletes, celebrities, and politicians puffing away on giant stogies at parties or ...
California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...
7 million to Leslie Whiteley, who was diagnosed with lung cancer 16 years after she started smoking and died two years later ...

Truth TV Ads Continue to Successfully Educate Teens on the Dangers of Smoking

It also shows how reluctant the industry is to have the truth about the lethal dangers of ...
The companies pledged to remove all their billboards near schools and playgrounds within 45 days and all billboards in the state within five months ...
The state Supreme Court, the highest authority on California law, has not ruled on whether a smoker's awareness of addiction precludes a later lawsuit for illness ...
The methodology: TV advertising created with the intent of having a credible message that taps into the "in" crowd and tries to make it cool to be anti- smoking ...