WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Tobacco use kills an estimated 6 million people annually and more than one-third of those people die from cancer, British and U.S. researchers say.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (UPI) -- Media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light may be a powerful intervention to decrease young adult smoking, U.S. researchers said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 15 (UPI) -- The U.N. World Health Organization in Switzerland has issued a report describing tobacco industry efforts to interfere with global tobacco control policies.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. recording artist Alicia Keys set a good example by refusing tobacco sponsorship for her concert in Indonesia, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says.
SYDNEY, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A study highlights how links with the tobacco industry may have influenced the publication of research on the dangers of second-hand tobacco smoke.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Justice Department's $280 billion suit against the tobacco industry continued this week, with each side making contrasting claims in opening statements.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Tobacco firms spent millions of dollars to mislead the public about the link between tobacco and cancer, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer said in court Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington Saturday refused to delay the government's racketeering suit against the major tobacco companies.
PENANG, Malaysia, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said Monday Southeast Asian nations should not allow the tobacco industry to profit from a regional free trade agreement.
MIAMI, June 12 (UPI) -- A World War II Navy pilot who lost his tongue to cancer is unlikely to collect any of the $37.5 million from the tobacco industry before his death. The case is likely to dissolve into the appeal of the class-action suit big tobacco lost two years ago.
