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Local News
FL: Town Now Regulating Tobacco Sale
Florida Times-Union (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)

State News
STATE BUDGETS BURN THROUGH ANTI-TOBACCO FUNDS

FL: BOARD AGREES TO READDRESS SMOKING BAN
Source: Ft. Myers (FL) News-Press
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Author: MARY WOZNIAK


FL: LETTERS
Source: St. Petersburg Times
Date: Monday, January 7, 2002

Letter: No-Smoking Laws
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Sun-Sentinel (Jul 30, 2001)

New Phase for Tobacco Fight/Companies Take Complaint over Judge's Ruling in Flihgt Attendant's Case to Appeals Court
Law.com
Date: Friday, September 14, 2001

Hernando: Group Cleans County with Pride
Source: St. Petersburg Times
Date: Monday, September 10, 2001

Movie Dramatizes Lectors
Source: Tampa Tribune
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2001

Cleanup Targets World's Coasts
Source: Tampa Tribune
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2001

Letter: Smoke-Free Workplaces Make Healthy Sense
St. Petersburg Times (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

Royal Welcome
Tampa Tribune (Aug 13, 2001)

FL City Ordinance Puts Cigarettes Out of Reach
Marco Island (FL) Eagle (Wednesday, August 8, 2001)

State Attorney's Office Does Not Hire Smokers Region

National News

MD: AMISH FARMERS REAP UNEXPECTED BENEFIT FROM TOBACCO DEAL

PHILIP MORRIS SET TO NAME INSIDER CAMILLERI TO SUCCEED BIBLE AS CEO
Source: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Author: GORDON FAIRCLOUGH / Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

MA: JUMP IN CIGARETTE SALES TIED TO SEPT. 11 ATTACKS
Source: Boston (MA) Globe
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2002
Author: Frank Phillips, Globe Staff

US STATES TURN TO 'SIN' TAXES TO FILL BUDGET GAPS
Source: Reuters
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Author: Chris Sanders

MN: HATCH: GROUP SHOULD GIVE UP SMOKING-BAN CAMPAIGNS
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2002

NY: REFORM BACKERS BLAST ILLEGAL GIFTS
Source: (Long Island, NY) Newsday
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2002

Friedman: Smoking or Non-Smoking?
Source: New York Times
Date: Friday, September 14, 2001

MA: Health Boars Unite to Effect a Regional Ban on Smoking
Source: Boston (MA) Globe
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2001

Usual Opponents Join Sides in Debate Over Tobacco Legislation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)

CA New State Law Bans Tobacco on Playgrounds
San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune (Thursday, August 9, 2001)

NY Update on the Race for NYC Mayor: Results From the Smokefree Questionnaire
Tobacco BBS (Wednesday, August 8, 2001)

Tobacco and Youth
MA: RESEARCHER SEEKS 1,200 6TH-GRADERS

CANADA: GOVERNMENT AD TRIES TO SHAME STORE OVER CIGARETTE SALES
Source: Globe and Mail
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Author: ROBERT MATAS - Page A5

MO: LAW MAY THWART TOBACCO STINGS
Source: St. Joseph (MO) News-Press
Date: Monday, September 17, 2001


FL: Teen Court Cites the Judge, Other Volunteers for Helping
Charlotte (FL) Sun-Herald (Sunday, August 26, 2001)

FL Advisory``Truth'' Truck Rocks at Zetafest 2001 IN Bicentennial Park
Downtown Miami, Friday, August 10

Teens Light Up as Stress Takes its Toll
HealthScout (Aug 5, 2001)

Commissoners OK Ordinance Limiting Minors' Access to
Tobacco Products
Marco (FL) Daily News (Aug 1, 2001)

Smoking by Young Girls 'Alarming'
Leinster Express (ie) (Jul 28, 2001)

Research
Star to Introduce Smokeless Products
Source: Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
Date: Saturday, September 15, 2001

China: Western Cures Make Little Impact one 320M Smokers
South China Morning Post (Monday, September 3, 2001)

Study Knocks Smoking
Fall River (MA) Herald News (Jul 27, 2001)

AHA Revises Advice on Estrogen
AP (Jul 23, 2001)

Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions
ABC News (Jul 23, 2001)

Health and Cessation
Smoking Tough on Women / Decades of Cigarettes Prompt Lung Cancer Cases to Soar
Florida Today (Sunday, August 26, 2001)

MA: Health Officials Criticize Snuff Makers for Allowing High Levels of Carcinogens
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

MA: Controls are urged on Chewing Tobacco
Boston (MA) Globe (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

MA: Establishing Tolerance Limits for Tobacco Specific Nitrosamiens (TSNAS) in Oral Snuff Under the Massachusetts Hazardous Substance Act
Tobacco BBS (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)



KY/IN: Kentucky Ranks Last in Study of Smoke-Free Workplaces

The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal (Friday, August 17, 2001)

CHINA: Mortality and Smoking in Hong Kong: Case-Control Study of All Adult Deaths in 1998
British Medical Journal (Thursday, August 16, 2001)

Tobacco and Politics
CT: ROWLAND UPS THE ANTE ON CIGARETTE TAX

R.J. REYNOLDS 4TH-QTR PROFIT FALLS 11% TO $89 MLN

MA: HARVARD REFUSES TOBACCO SUBPOENA
Source: Harvard Crimson
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Author: DANIEL P. MOSTELLER / Crimson Staff Writer

MD: TOBACCO BROKERS LEFT HIGH AND DRY BY SUIT SETTLEMENT
Source: The Washington Post
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2002

CANADA: BUTT LAW REBELLION SPREADS
Source: Winnipeg (Manitoba) Sun
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2002

SUPREME COURT'S TOBACCO REFUSAL MAY BOOST $7 BILLION OF MUNIS
Source: Bloomberg News
Date: Monday, January 7, 2002

WV: Tobacco Trial Gets Under Way Again
Source: AP
Date: Monday, September 17, 2001

DE: Liggett Loses Bid for Insurance Firm Defense
Source: Bloomberg News
Date: Friday, September 14, 2001


France: Tobacco Industry Holds its Breath over Cancer Ruling
Source: The Scotsman
Date: Sunday, September 9, 2001

Little of Tobacco Money Goes to Kicking Habit
Los Angeles Times (Sunday, August 26, 2001)

CA: Appeal on $26.5 Million Tobacco Verdict/Philip Morris Seeks to Reverse Big Award Given to Ex-Smoker
San Francisco Chronicle (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)

CA: Philip Morris Challenges California Law Allowing Sick Smokers to Sue
AP (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

CA: Philip Morris Lawyer calls California Smoker Award 'Excessive'
Bloomberg News (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

IN: Ruling Says Tobacco FIrm Must Pay
Indianapolis (IN) Star (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)

LA: Court Rejects Inmate's Second-Hand-Smoke Suit
Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate (Thursday, August 16, 2001)

Louisiana Judge Issues Gag Order in Tobacco Lawsuit
Bloomberg News (Thursday, August 16, 2001)