Shigeru Omi, director of the WHO's Western Pacific regional office, says everyone knows that smoking kills, but what is less well known is that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing smoke from other people's cigarettes, and the simple solution is 100 per cent smoke-free environments. The WHO says the tobacco industry has repeatedly 'misled and misinformed' the public about the health risks and dangers of second-hand tobacco...

On one invoice displayed by the auditors, she she bought cigarettes and chewing tobacco using the county credit card. Another showed Bryant bought candy, corn chips, soda and other grocery items with the card. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Ouachita (WASH'-uh-taw) County authorities have arrested a county employee accused by auditors of buying more than $150,000 worth of cigarettes, jewelry and other personal items using a...

Bratto said that for the next several months he did research on cigar shops, cigars and anything else related to the topic. Inside the 1,500-square-foot facility, Bratto sells over 200 different cigar brands, as well as cigar accessories and pipe tobacco. Bratto added that he hopes to sell more than 400 different cigars by the end of the year. Bratto, who lives in Clinton Township, decided that he wanted to open a cigar club where locals could purchase their favorite brand or just relax...

There is still no money to help them in transition to a new crop, but this is a vital first step in coping with an industry that has lost its major customer - Cadbury-Schweppes, which closed its plant in St. But that will require the participation of the federal government, and neither Ottawa nor Queen's Park have shown an eagerness to move on this without the other's commitment. Dombrowsky said the replanting program will be on the agenda when she meets with her federal counterpart and...

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether federal regulatory approval of medical devices shields manufacturers from most product liability lawsuits in state courts. The high court also said it will consider reviving a Maine law that seeks to block tobacco shipments to children by putting new requirements on United Parcel Service inc. and other package-delivery companies. There has been a growing consensus in federal appeals courts that the Food and Drug Administration's regulation...

They will work to expose the marketing practices of the corporate tobacco industry, learn how to empower their peers and communities, and celebrate the successful first year of the youth advocacy organization. We want to help Montana residents understand how corporate tobacco manipulates people into using tobacco and hooks them for life. Research has shown that a third of underage experimentation with tobacco is attributable to advertising by tobacco companies. The tobacco industry spends...