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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 ...
• 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. ...
• Supreme Court to tackle cigarette, drug issues
In their new term beginning Monday, the justice of the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to decide how much authority state courts should have in granting big damage awards against the makers of prescription drugs and cigarettes. They also face ...
• 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 ...
• Scientists go online to discuss drugs with kids
About 15.6 percent of youths in that age group acknowledge alcohol use in the past month and about 9.8 percent say they smoked cigarettes. Wendy Roit, a teacher at Rockville High School, who helped coordinate the question-and-answer session from the ...