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april 2003 articles...
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Articles In The News - April 2003 |
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From San Diego, CA
-- "Smoking Bill May Take It Out of the Home" - An article by
Roger M. Showley. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on
April 6, 2003. |
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SignOnSanDiego.com |
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From Lexington, KY
-- "Panhandler Now Paid For
Anti-Tobacco Work" - An article by John McGary. Published on the
Lex18 (NBC News affiliate) web site on April 8, 2003. |
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Lex18.com |
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From Harrisburg, PA
-- "Polly Want a Cigarette?" - An article from the Associated
Press. Published on WCCO (CBS News affiliate) web site on April
9, 2003. |
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WCCO.com |
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From Sacramento, CA
-- "Tobacco companies hope role as victims is taken
seriously"- An article by Marjie Lundstrom, Bee Columnist. Published in the
online version of the Sacramento Bee on April 12, 2003. |
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SacBee.com |
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From Lexington, KY
-- "Wilmore man takes anti-smoking passion to the
streets" - An article by Greg Kocher. Published in the Lexington
Herald-Leader on April 12, 2003. |
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Kentucky.com |
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From Edwardsville, IL
-- "Heat on smoker-case judge - Big judgment against Philip
Morris, high appeal bond criticized" - An article by Ameet Sachdev.
Published on April 13, 2003 in the Chicago Tribune. |
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From Fortune Magazine --
"Investing - Altria's Perfect Storm" - An article by Patricia
Sellers. Published on April 14, 2003 in Fortune Magazine.
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Fortune.com |
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From Washington, DC
-- "Bush Seeks Changes in Tobacco Treaty" - Cancer survivor
tells of the dangers of spit tobacco" - An article from the Associated
Press released on April 29, 2003. |
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From Sacramento, CA
-- View Laurie Comstock's Letter to the Editor published in the
Sacramento Bee. Her letter was written in response to a
column by Marjie Lunstrom regarding RJR/Lorillard's lawsuit
against the State of California.
The first letter in the column
is called "Who is inside GOP'S big tent?" Scroll down the page.
Laurie's letter is entitled "Tobacco Speech". |
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SacBee.com |
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From San Diego, CA
-- "Tobacco Tax Crackdown Considered by Senate Committee" - An
article by Jessica Brice. Published in the San Diego
Union-Tribune on April 30, 2003 |
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SignOnSanDiego.com |
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More than 400,000 people die of
tobacco-related illnesses in
the U.S. every year -- more than from AIDS, car crashes,
alcohol, suicides, homicides, fire, and illegal drugs combined...(more) |
| Cigarettes contain over 4,000
chemicals including carbon
monoxide, formaldehyde, arsenic, lead, and hydrogen
cyanide (same gas used in the gas chamber). Almost four
dozen of these chemicals are known to cause cancer....(more) |
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