NEWSBRIEFS	TOPICS Tobacco
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• September - October 1998
  • California's Anti-Smoking Campaign Stalled SinceFunding Cuts, Study Says
     
• May - June 1998
  • Tobacco Industry Says Restrictive Legislation Will Lead to Black Market
     
• February 1998
  • Litigation
  • Legislation
  • Revelation
     
• January 1998
  • Teens With Tobacco Merchandise Are Four Times More Likely to Smoke, Says New Study
  • Smoking Disparity Between White and Black High School Girls
     
• November - December 1997
  • Federal Regulations Against Youth Tobacco Purchases Unlikely to Work, Says New Study
  • Cigarette Smokers May Be Trying to Relieve Mental Illness
  • Cigarette Makers Increase Marketing in Nightclubs and Bars
  • Cuban Cigar Smuggling Into the U.S. Is Increasing
     
• August 1997
  • Parents Who Smoke Contribute to More Than 6,200 Childhood Deaths a Year, Says New Study
  • Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine, Says New Study
  • Scientists Caution Clinton Administration About Nicotine Regulation
  • Congress Votes to Continue Tobacco Subsidy, Rejects Crackdown on Juvenile Cigarette Purchases
     
• March - April 1997
  • Cigarettes Are Addictive, Cause Cancer, Marketed to Kids, Concedes Cigarette Maker Liggett as Part of Litigation Accord
  • First FDA Tobacco Regulation, Identification of Underage Tobacco Buyers, Takes Effect; Tobacco and Advertising Industries Challenge FDA Rules
    

• December 1996
  • MINNESOTA: Brown & Williamson Memo Admits "Smoking Is Addictive"
  • UTAH: Fifteenth State to Sue Tobacco Companies
  • TEXAS: Trial Date Set for September 1997
  • NEW YORK CITY: Sues Three Big Tobacco Firms Headquartered There
     
• October 1996
  • UPDATE: Tobacco Litigation
  • The Justice Department Expands Its Probe of Tobacco Companies
     
• September 1996
  • President Clinton and the FDA Announce New Tobacco Regulations
  • UPDATE: State Lawsuits Against the Tobacco Industry
  • Brown and Williamson Loses Suit in Florida
  • Italian Study Links Nicotine with Other Addictive Drugs
     
• Summer 1996
  • Fifth Circuit Dismisses Class-Action Suit Against Tobacco Companies
     
• May 1996
  • Marketing Professor Finds Youth More Influenced by Cigarette Advertising Than Adults
  • FDA Approves Nicotine Spray
  • CDC Finds No Problems With Recalled Philip Morris Cigarettes
  • New Washington Center Founded to Fight Youth Tobacco Use
     
• April 1996
  • Cigarette Company Agrees to Settle Class-Action Suit, Turn Over Industry Documents

• March 1996
  • HHS Releases Regulations on Youth Tobacco Sales
  • Smoking Fetish Films Gain Popularity

• February 1996
  • FTC Announces Changes in Cigarette Tar Rating System
  • Canadian Tobacco Companies Self-Impose Advertising Regulations

• January 1996
  • Philip Morris Memo Describes Cigarettes as Nicotine "Delivery Devices," Nicotine as "Similar" to Cocaine
  • Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case

• November 1995
  • Researchers Find Tobacco Company Publications "Powerful Tool" to Mobilize Smokers' Support

• October 1995
  • Clinton Approves Unprecedented Measures to Curb Youth Smoking
  • ABC TV Network Apologizes to Tobacco Companies For "Spike" Comment

• May 1995
  • Tobacco Industry Giant Takes on ABC

• April 1995
  • New Lawsuit Tests Tobacco Industry Strategy

• March 1995
  • Study Finds Patch Effective in Quitting Smoking

• February 1995
  • Are Cigarette Filters Dangerous?
  • South Carolina Study Finds Children Have Ready Access to Tobacco Products
  • Tobacco May Make Cheap Malaria Vaccine

• January 1995
  • Congress To Review Tobacco Industry Data on Indoor Air Quality
  • Number of Adult Smokers Unchanged, CDC Reports
  • Among Older Women: Smokers Weaker, Moderate Drinkers Stronger Than Teetotalers, Study Finds
  • Michigan Cigarette Tax

• December 1994
  • The Return of the Smokeless Cigarette
  • Cigarette Packaging Following the Candy Bar: Reduce the Quantity, Keep the Price Down

• November 1994
  • Congress Swayed By Tobacco PACs: Money Linked to Voting Record
  • New Questions About Snuff Tobacco Industry

• September-October 1994
  • Strong Recommendations to Congress to Limit Tobacco Industry
  • Sickness Afflicts Tobacco Farmers

• August 1994
  • Study Compares Nicotine to Other Drugs
  • Nicotine Nasal Spray an Alternative to the Nicotine Patch and Gum
  • Nicotine Patches

• July 1994
  • FDA Moving to Declare Nicotine a Drug

• April 1993
  • Tobacco Industry May Lose Tax Break for Advertising Expenses
  • Clinton Weighing Hikes in Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes
  • Nicotine Inhaler May Be Next Wave To Help Smokers Stop

• February 1993
  • Smoker's $48 Million Claim Fails
  • Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Risk for Nonsmokers, EPA Says

• January 1993
  • District of Columbia Moves to Protect Right to Smoke Off The Job