Local Landlords Urged to Make Apartments Tobacco Free
The Broome County Health Department wants more buildings to go tobacco free. It’s encouraging landlords and tenants to move toward tobacco free apartment buildings. A move they say will keep both...
View ArticleCourt: FDA can’t regulate of e-cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lacks the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes as drugs or devices, an appeals court ruled, upholding a lower-court decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals in...
View ArticleLawyer: Tobacco Co. Verdict Is Significant For Mass.
BOSTON — A Suffolk Superior Court jury has reached a landmark verdict against the makers of Newport cigarettes. Jurors on Tuesday found Lorillard, Inc., liable for $71 million in the death of a...
View ArticleOhio high court says move was constitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that lawmakers didn’t violate the state Constitution when they took about $230 million set aside for tobacco prevention and used it for other...
View ArticleLee County court set to hear smokers’ lawsuits
landmark Florida Supreme Court ruling, Lee County should this year see its first wave of tobacco-related trials. It appeared April would be the start, but unforeseen delays — including a man requiring...
View ArticleSmoke exposure at work killed casino dealer, suit says
A federal class-action lawsuit claims Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel and Casino is responsible for the cancer death of one of its dealers because it failed to safeguard him from secondhand smoke in the...
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