March 14 at 1:58 p.m.
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By Reuters
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Use of menthol cigarettes is rising among teenagers and “very high” for minority youth, U.S. government advisers said in part of a draft report released Monday.
More than 80 percent of black adolescent smokers and more than half of Hispanic adolescent smokers use menthol cigarettes, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said in a draft chapter for a report due next week. The FDA will use the report to help decide whether to ban or limit menthol cigarettes. Get the full story »
By Dow Jones Newswires
Proposed changes for cigarette packaging under new FDA rules.
Graphic images depicting dead bodies and diseased lungs were unveiled by federal health officials Wednesday as part of a move to require bolder health warnings on cigarettes and advertising.
A 2009 law requires larger and more graphic health warnings on cigarettes as part of an effort to discourage people from starting to smoke and to lower current smoking rates. Currently, 20.6 percent adults and 19.5 percent of high school students smoke cigarettes, according to government figures. Get the full story »
June 28, 2010 at 9:17 a.m.
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Litigation
By Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it rejected separate appeals by cigarette makers and the Obama administration stemming from the government’s racketeering lawsuit against the tobacco industry, a case that initially sought $280 billion from the industry. Get the full story »
