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GE plans new American export: outdoor smoking ban
BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co is known for exporting American products like washing machines and jet engines, and the biggest U.S. conglomerate is getting ready to ship out another American trend - the outdoor smoking ban.
Nations:India U.S. France China People:Barack Obama Source:(Reuters)
2010-03-04
Smokers with cancer could quit and double survival
LONDON - People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
Source:(AP)
2010-01-23
British American Tobacco picks new chairman
LONDON (AFP) - British American Tobacco, the world's second biggest cigarette maker, said Wednesday it had appointed Richard Burrows, who resigned as head of ailing Bank of Ireland Group, as its new chairman.
Nations:U.K. Source:(AFP)
2009-08-19
Obama pledges to quickly sign anti-smoking bill
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.
People:Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-06-13
No smoking: Historic vote could bring new limits
WASHINGTON - The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year, to drastically curtail ads that glorify tobacco and to ban flavored products aimed at spreading the habit to young people.
Nations:U.S. People:Christopher Dodd Edward Kennedy Dick Durbin Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:111th Congress
2009-06-11
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