Cigarettes and Tobacco News

MENTHOL CIGARETTES MAY HOOK SMOKERS
Source: ABS CBN News
Author: Michael Conlon
Sep 27, 2006 -- CHICAGO - Smokers of menthol cigarettes find it harder to quit than those smoking regular cigarettes, researchers have said, perhaps explaining why blacks in the United States suffer disproportionately from smoking-related ailments.
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US JUDGE TO RULE ON 'LIGHT' CIGARETTES ACTION
Source: MSNBC
Author: Lauren Foster
Sep 24, 2006 -- A US federal judge will on Monday rule on whether a tobacco lawsuit can proceed as a class action of tens of millions of smokers of "light" cigarettes. If certified, it could be the largest-ever class action case.
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ST. PAUL MAY BAN SALE OF 'LOOSIES'
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Author: Myron P. Medcalf
Sep 20, 2006 -- St. Paul is considering an ordinance that would ban the sale of individual cigarettes, commonly called "loosies," that come from a standard pack of 20.
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LO: SMOKING CIGARETTES IS SEXY, SOMETIMES
Source: University Daily Kansan
Author: Teresa Lo
Sep 17, 2006 -- Warning: This column is not for anyone under the age of 18; anyone who suffers from being too “PC;” or anyone who lives righteously by “morals.” I want to declare that cigarettes make you look cool, but only if you know how to smoke in the sexiest way possible. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, and that the death toll caused by tobacco-related products is at nearly five million people a year. By the year 2020, the number of deaths will double to ten million a year if the current smoking patterns continue.
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US SMOKERS OF
Source: Reuters
Author: Martinne Geller
Sep 14, 2006 -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. smokers spent as much as $200 billion over more than three decades buying "light" cigarettes under the false belief they were safer than regular cigarettes, an attorney in a potential class action lawsuit argued on Wednesday.
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