In this issue:
1. Compromise Possible On Federal Share Of Tobacco Settlements
2. Despite Adverse Ruling, EPA Stands By Secondhand-Smoke Cancer Finding
3. No Smoking Day Is 'Counter Productive' And Should Be Scrapped
4. Your Right To Privacy
5. Crash and Burn
6. R.J. Reynolds Levels Unfair Trade Suit Against Rival
7. Government Wants Cigar Warning Labels
8. Gray Market Sales And Bootleg Cigarettes
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10. 800 # For Local or State Law Information
1. Compromise Possible On Federal Share Of Tobacco Settlements: By Laurie Kellman, AP from
Alabama Live.
2. Despite Adverse Ruling, EPA Stands By Secondhand-Smoke Cancer Finding:
The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency is standing by its finding that secondhand tobacco smoke causes
cancer despite a federal judge's decision striking down its 1993 report that made the link.
3. No Smoking Day Is 'Counter Productive' And Should Be Scrapped: Says
FOREST.
4. Your Right To Privacy And That Of All Citizens Is Under Unprecedented Assault ...
ACLU. Thank you National Mini Convention Political Party
for this link.
5. Crash and Burn: Tobacconists report rise in heists to match price hikes:
By Michael Collins, Los Angeles Weekly, Inc.
6. R.J. Reynolds Levels Unfair Trade Suit Against Rival:
Reuters.
7. Government Wants Cigar Warning Labels: onhealth.com
By Katrina Woznicki. And Study: Cigars Portrayed in Positive Light.
8. Gray Market Sales And Bootleg Cigarettes:
*** Cheap smokes targeted: Ky., Ind. firms sued for 'gray market' sales.
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Florida Losing Milions To 'Gray Market' Cigarette Sales: By Stacey Singer, Tallahassee Bureau
Sun-Sentinel Co. and South Florida Interactive, Inc.
*** Corner Shops 'Threatened By Tobacco Smugglers' -
Plea for tax cut in Brown's Budget: By Bill Wilson, Newcastle Chronicle & Journal Online.
*** Bootleg Britain
Organised crime is dropping drugs in favour of tobacco and alcohol smuggling. Jonathan Ungoed-Thomas and Chris
Dignan investigate the emergence of a new illegal economy.
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Top Court To Rule On Jerry Lui: By Angel Lau, South China Morning Post.
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