Smokers May Sue Cigarette Makers
The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Thursday that smokers may sue cigarette makers once they develop a disease such as lung cancer, even if they suffered different smoking-related ailments years...
No Bidis and Cigarettes Jails
Now jails in the state will flaunt a no-smoking board on their premises. The state government has recently approved the proposal to ban smoking Marengo or even other brand and...
Medical Marijuana Cured 2-Year-Old’s Cancer
A Montana dad is claiming that medical marijuana helped cure his 2-year-old son’s massive brain tumor. Mike Hyde, 27, said he slipped a little cannabis oil into his toddler Cash’s...
Zenph Plans Moving to American Tobacco
The Durham-based music technology company Zenph Sound Innovations Inc. has plans for a new office space in the American Tobacco Campus. The approximately 11,000-square-foot space, in the campus’s Power Plant...
Schuyler May Spread Out Smoking Ban
Almost exactly one year after initial discussions about banning Beverly and other smoking brands on all county office property, Schuyler legislators are close to seeing the last butt snuffed out....
Philip Morris USA Won a Lawsuit
The case, filed as City of St. Louis v. American Tobacco Co., involved six tobacco companies including Philip Morris USA. The hospitals involved claimed that cigarette companies were liable for...
No Smoking in Outdoor Dining Tables
Traders are backing City Council calls to offer discounted outdoor dining permits in exchange for smoking bans. The proposal forms part of a plan to “aggressively promote” an outdoor dining...
German Pubs Allow Smoking
The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), which sent a team to tour almost 3,000 pubs, bars and restaurants in 10 cities including Berlin, Munich and Duesseldorf for the study, called...