Category:
Health/Science
Region:
USA
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'LIGHT' CIGARETTES DON'T HELP SMOKERS
Source: CBS News
Jun 29, 2006 -- Smoking low-tar and low-nicotine — or "light" — cigarettes may actually make it harder for smokers to kick the habit.
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Category:
Teen smoking
Region:
United Kingdom
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DOCTORS WANT LEGAL AGE TO BUY CIGARETTES RAISED TO 18
Source: Scotsman
Jun 26, 2006 -- SCOTLAND'S doctors have renewed calls for an increase in the legal age to buy cigarettes from 16 to 18 in an attempt to deter young people from taking up smoking.
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Category:
Law suits
Region:
USA
State:
Massachusetts
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KAPRIELIAN LEADS FIRE-SAFE CIGARETTES BILL
Source: Watertown TAB & Press
Jun 23, 2006 -- Massachusetts is poised to become the sixth state in the country to require tobacco companies to sell only "fire-safe" cigarettes with the approval of a recent bill in the House of Representatives.
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Category:
Law suits
Region:
USA
State:
California
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MORE CALIFORNIA BEACHES BAN SMOKING
Source: Los Angeles Times
Author: Deborah Schoch
Jun 19, 2006 -- Back when the Beach Boys started serenading the Southern California surf, cigarettes were as abundant on beaches as transistor radios and dark tanning oil.
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Law suits
Region:
USA
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SMOKERS' LAWSUIT OVER LIGHT CIGARETTES CANNOT CARRY CLASS-ACTION STATUS, COURT RULES
Source: Seattle Times
Author: Julie Carr Smyth
Jun 14, 2006 -- COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two Ohio smokers cannot bring a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA Inc. over the way the tobacco giant marketed "light" cigarettes, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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