In New York, more landlords are moving to prohibit smoking in their apartment buildings, telling prospective tenants they can be evicted if they light up in them.
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For Some Smokers, Home’s Off Limits
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Antismoking Fight Proves a Pyramid-Size Task
Water pipes and cigarettes are still found everywhere, despite laws and appeals to health concerns, but antismoking forces are making another try.
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Montana: Campus Ban on Tobacco
The University of Montana is proposing a campuswide ban on all forms of tobacco.
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A Warning on Web Sales of Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration said that it had warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to consumers online.
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Gauging the Risks From a Smoker’s DNA and History
To take Synergenz’s Respiragene test, consumers swab the inside of a cheek to get DNA and send the sample to a laboratory in Kentucky. The Synergenz Web site says a physician is required to sign a form requesting the test. The Respiragene test looks at 20 spots in a person’s genome where DNA varies among [...]
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Questioning a Test for Cancer
Scaring people into quitting is the marketing rationale for a new genetic test, which purports to identify which smokers have the highest risk of developing lung cancer.
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Judge Rules Against Tobacco Companies in Early Test
A coalition of several big tobacco companies had sought a preliminary injunction against an F.D.A. rule barring certain words in advertisements.
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John O’Quinn, 68, Star Personal-Injury Lawyer in Texas, Dies
Mr. O’Quinn was a plaintiff’s lawyer whose outsized personality matched the jury awards he won for his clients.
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A Silver Lining Clings to Tobacco
Altria’s cigarette subsidiary, Philip Morris USA, showed relative strength in the third quarter.
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A New Old Freebie: Restaurant Matches Return
Despite the smoking bans in place in many states, matches are experiencing a renaissance as the restaurant world’s freebie of choice.
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