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Critics push state to spend tobacco money on prevention, control |
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Source:http://blog.mlive.com/,2010-05-10
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Ten years after major tobacco companies agreed to pay about $8 billion annually for 25 years to Michigan and other states, some states aren't using the money as it was intended, health experts say.
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Categories: · Others International: · Asia |
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Cigarette-maker repents over exploding product |
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Source:http://www.bangkokpost.com/,2010-03-18
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An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth.
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Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa. |
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Source:http://www.sunherald.com/,2009-11-08
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North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a decade-old settlement.
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Categories: · Others International: · India |
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Smokers being mislead by branding on cigarette packets |
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Source:http://www.expressindia.com/,2009-10-16
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London Branding on cigarette packets is being done in such a manner that they mislead smokers into believing some products to be less harmful than others, according to a study.
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