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• Tobacco lawsuit starts Supreme Court session
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday suggesting it would side with tobacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes. The court's term begins, by law, on the first Monday in October ...
• Robbins gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
When the bus was late, I would walk up and down and throw my cigarettes down. Now I have the honor of having this done to my star." Guests at the ceremony included Robbins' longtime partner, Susan Sarandon, as well as relatively diminutive actor Jack ...
• Cocoa puffs: Italian cigars taste of dark chocolate
... dark-chocolate-flavored Toscanello, which is 78 mm (3 inches) long and 14.5 mm (roughly a half inch) wide at its base, appeals to what Saccotelli called "dual smokers," adults between the ages of 25 and 35 who alternate between cigars and cigarettes. ...
• Homeless man dies after being set ablaze
Every day, the man drank a Dr Pepper, ate a bag of chips and smoked cigarettes, said Young Kim, who owns a nearby dry cleaner. 'He didn't deserve this' The homeless man had been in the area for at least 20 years but never bothered anyone or begged for ...
• Lying about your age? A computer can tell
Japanese company Fujitaka has taken a different tack by equipping some vending machines with video cameras and age-recognition software to prevent underage teens from buying cigarettes, though several news accounts suggest the system can be tricked ...