Smoking Kills 300,000 Russians Each Year (Mosnews)
More than 300,000 Russians die each year from tobacco-related diseases, yet the Russian government does little to discourage smoking and the country remains one of the world s leading consumers of cigarettes, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported Tuesday.
Source: www.mosnews.com
Suffolk residents to pay more (Newsday)
Legislature adopts plan to raise mortgage recording fees and add a charge for plan to help smokers quit Suffolk County residents will pay more for mortgages and for help in quitting smoking under a measure adopted yesterday by the county legislature to plug a projected $80-million hole in next year's budget.
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Gov. signs dorm smoking ban (Pantagraph)
SPRINGFIELD — College students are banned from smoking in Illinois' dormitories under a measure Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Monday. The law took effect immediately and applies to private and public colleges statewide.
Source: www.pantagraph.com
HEALTH: Anti-smoking pill that's nicotine free gets OK (The Charlotte Observer)
A tablet shown to help more than one in five smokers quit joined the limited number of effective stop-smoking drugs on Thursday, approved by federal regulators.
Source: www.thatsracin.com
FDA approves a stop-smoking drug (Philly.com)
A Pfizer Inc. drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit the habit received federal approval yesterday, adding another option to the limited pool of effective stop-smoking prescription medicines.
Source: www.siliconvalley.com
R.J. Reynolds Wins Smoking-Death Case (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Tuesday said it won a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in damages for the death of smoker who died 11 years after she quit, in 2001.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Reynolds American beats smoking liability lawsuit (The Charlotte Observer)
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury in Seattle handed Reynolds American Inc. a win Monday, finding in favor of the tobacco company in a smoking liability lawsuit.
Source: www.charlotte.com
Reynolds American wins smoking suit (Market Watch)
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — A federal jury in Seattle handed Reynolds American a win Monday, finding in favor of the tobacco titan in a smoking liability lawsuit.
Source: www.marketwatch.com
FDA approves a stop-smoking drug (Philly.com)
A Pfizer Inc. drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit the habit received federal approval yesterday, adding another option to the limited pool of effective stop-smoking prescription medicines.
Source: www.siliconvalley.com
