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Highlights Advantages of State Lawsuits Over Flawed Global Deal

Lawton Chiles insisted be part of any deal to resolve the suit, which was about to go to trial ...
to avoid seeing vast qu anti ties of its internal documents released at trial -- a sign that cases like his state's, scheduled to begin early next year, must move forward, and that the national settlement is unnecessary ...
It also shows how reluctant the industry is to have the truth about the lethal dangers of tobacco ...

Korea Will Ratify the FCTC in June '05

The settlement is compensation for money Florida spent treating sick smokers and punitive damages for the industry's allegedly fraudulent conduct ...
The adoption of the pact will provide us with the legal basis to launch stronger measures to cut the number of smokers ...
Florida's historic victory demonstrates the significant public health gains that can be achieved through the individual state medicaid suits without having to give the tobacco industry major concessions such as those contained in the flawed global bailout now before Congress ...
The companies pledged to remove all their billboards near schools and playgrounds within 45 days and all billboards in the state within five months ...
Ireland has started a total ban on smoking at bars and all public places, while the state of New York in the United States has declared all bars, restaurants and public venues as smoke-free zones ...

Number of Adult Smokers Fell by 11% in NYC from 2002 to 2003

Of the members, 168 nations, including South Korea, have vowed to adopt the pact ...
The surveys also found a 13 percent decline in cigarette consumption, suggesting that smokers who did not quit were smoking less ...
Lawton Chiles insisted be part of any deal to resolve the suit, which was about to go to trial ...
Other nations have also used the price increase measures to reduce the number of smokers ...

Health Officials Fear that US Will not Ratify the FCTC

The South Korean government is also planning a series of measures to change its status as the country with the highest ratio of male smokers among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at 61 ...
The Florida settlement,therefore, should strengthen the resolve of other states and the U ...
The United States has become the 108th country to sign the World Health Organization's global treaty on tobacco control, a decision hailed by some anti -tobacco advocates but viewed with skepticism by others who doubt the Bush administration will push for ratification ...
3 percent of male smokers quitting the habit, according to the health authority ...

NJ: After 20 Years, Epic Tobacco Lawsuit Settled

Like the others, Cipollone's case eventually crumbled in the face of endless appeals that have become the hallmark of tobacco lawsuits ...
District Judge Jose Linares in Newark signed papers settling the case, ending what almost certainly was the nation's longest-running individual smoking liability lawsuit ...
The industry, meanwhile, avoided the massive negative publicity generated by a trial that would have opened ...

New Study: Smoke-free Cities Have Lower Indoor Air Pollution

He was diagnosed with lung cancer on his birthday, May 15, and died 13 days later ...
The treaty also requires cigarette makers to increase the size of health warnings so they take up at least 30 percent of the package cover ...
The latest study was partly financed by grants from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, an anti - smoking group ...

Secret Weapon Against Underage Smoking

Salisbury, the tobacco enforcement officer for the Prince George's County Health Department, is a former Baltimore street patrol officer with a unique mission ...
The treaty provides a set of principles and a framework for action on issues ranging from tobacco advertising to excise taxes and cigarette smuggling ...
Reynolds, Philip Morris and the parent company of Lorillard -- the manufacturers of other brands that Rossi smoked during his life -- as well as the Tobacco Institute, the now-defunct research arm of the cigarette makers ...
The treaty also requires cigarette makers to increase the size of health warnings so they take up at least 30 percent of the package cover ...

Online Tobacco Sales Linked to Terrorism

Like the others, Cipollone's case eventually crumbled in the face of endless appeals that have become the hallmark of tobacco lawsuits ...
Even ratifying the treaty would not significantly change how tobacco is regulated in this country, unless Congress passes the legislation the treaty recommends or requires ...

NY's Fire Safe Cigarette Law Goes Into Effect June 28, 2004

He was diagnosed with lung cancer on his birthday, May 15, and died 13 days later ...
It sought $358,000 in lost income for Rossi, $10,000 for his medical and funeral costs and punitive damages ...
Beyond that, cigarette companies could become more vulnerable to cigarette-fire lawsuits filed in other states, legal experts say ...
The companies pledged to remove all their billboards near schools and playgrounds within 45 days and all billboards in the state within five months ...
And if customers don't like these cigarettes, they can easily buy their smokes in neighboring states such as New Jersey and Connecticut, taking business away from New York retailers ...

Editorials Condemn Settlement of Tobacco Law Suit

If it's his position that smoking is none of the government's business, let him say so ...
Peter Rossi smoked for 40 years, sometimes as much as four packs a day ...
Investigators for the tobacco companies asked her family's neighbors if they had ever seen Rossi fighting with his wife, she said ...