April 1997

CIG EXECS TESTIFY, AND CONTINUE TO LIE [04/29] 
Read Their Testimony: Nicotine No More Addictive Than Carrots

CLINTON MIGHT GRANT IMMUNITY [04/29] 
But Many Strongly Oppose It, Don't Negotiate Kids' Future

SUPREME COURT LETS CIGARETTE AD BAN STAND [04/28] 
Ruling Signals FDA Cigarette Ad Rules Are Constitutional Says Law Prof Who Drove Cigarette Commercials From Airwaves

SMOKING TO BE BANNED IN CALIF BARS [04/27] 
Bill Which Have Extended It Defeated

NEW SURGEON GENERAL TO BE APPOINTED [04/26] 
Two Posts to Be Combined

TEXT OF OPINION HOLDING FDA CAN REGULATE CIGARETTES [04/26] 
Read and/or Download the Entire Opinion and Order

TEXT OF OPINION HOLDING FDA CAN REGULATE CIGARETTE [04/26] 
Read and/or Download the Entire Opinion and Oder

JUDGE'S ORDER IN FDA DECISION [04/25] 
Read the decesion 

THE GREENSBORO DECISION IN A NUTSHELL [04/25] 
Today, in a 61-page opinion, Federal District Court Judge William L. Osteen of Greensboro, North Carolina, ruled 

TOBACCO JUDGE HANDS TOBACCO INDUSTRY HUGE LOSS [04/25]
Ruling That FDA Has Jurisdiction to Regulate Cigarettes Will Have Major Impact on Current Settlement Talks

FLORIDA JUDGE SAYS REVEAL LIGGETT DOCUMENTS [04/25]
Read His Decision for Yourself

ASH WRITE AGs IN OPPOSITION TO SETTLEMENT [04/25]
Read ASH's Position For Yourself

"ROLL CALL" AD BLASTS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT [04/24]
ASH and Others Summarize Opposition in Influential Paper

INDUSTRY WANTS TO SETTLE FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR [04/24]
A License to Kill Children At Only $60,000 a Child?

HOW DOES YOUR STATE AND ATTY GEN COMPARE [04/24]
Write to Your AG, Use ASH's Mailing List

POLITICAL PRESSURE MOVING AGAINST TOBACCO INDUSTRY [04/23]
They Spend Lots of Money, But Have Fewer Friends

AP DISCUSSES SETTLEMENT, CITES ASH [04/23]
Industry Counting on AMA and Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids

SETTLEMENT CREATES DIVISION AMONG LAWYERS [04/22]
Learn How The Factions Are Splint 

POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS CLOUD DEAL [04/22]
Who Stands Where and Why

IMMUNITY FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL [04/22
Precedent Cited in News Reports Raised Very Different Issues

ASH BLASTS TOBACCO DEAL ON "CROSSFIRE" [04/18]
ASH Chosen to Speak For Antismoking Community

TOBACCO INDUSTRY OFFER: "TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE" [04/16]
President Unlikely to Settle for Just Pennies on the Dollar; Global Immunity From All Suits Probably Unconstitutional 

NEW FEDERAL HEALTH WEB SITE [04/15]
Check It Out

NEW DAMAGING REVELATIONS FROM LIGGETT [04/11]
Cigarettes Laced With Toxic Chemicals

CALIFORNIA BILLS ADVANCE [04/09]
YOU Can Help; Contact Your Legislators

MOVEMENT TOWARDS HIGHER TAXES INCREASES [04/04]
ASH Figures Cited in Article

SECRET LIGGETT DOCUMENTS SHOW RACIAL PANDERING [04/02]
Also Marketing of Cigarettes With "Severe Toxicity" And Efforts to Manipulate Addicting Effects of Nicotine

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