DipityPresident Barack Obama signs new federal cigarette excise tax increase. The bill increased the tax on cigarettes by 62 cents, making federal sales tax on cigarettes $1.01.
Lawrence joins the now 24 municipalities in Kansas with smoking bans.
Study by Georg Matt confirms the presence of residual tobacco smoke in the homes of smokers, whether the smokers have home-smoking bans or not.
Environmental Protection Agency declares cigarette smoke a Class-A carcinogen.
More women die of lung cancer than breast cancer.
Lawsuit requires companies to ensure smoke-free environments for workers.
Cigarette companies in America required to put warning on labels.
Woman filed a lawsuit against a tobacco company because her husband died of lung cancer and lost.
USA doctors published the study in "The Journal of the American Medical Association."
Study conducted in Germany links tobacco to lung cancer. An American study came to the same conclusion more than 10 years later.
Tobacco tax used to finance the Civil War.
Dr. John Hill links snuff to nasal cancer.
Tobacco first grown commercially in Virgina.
A member of Christopher Columbus' crew is imprisoned for smoking.
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