Topic: Matthew L. Myers

We applaud Ms. Keys for taking quick action to disassociate herself from the tobacco industry and to prevent her name, image and talent from continuing to be used to market cigarettes to children

Keys refusing tobacco sponsorship Jul 29, 2008

The cigarette tax increase will bring the total cigarette tax to only 35 cents per pack -- far below the national average of 90 cents per pack

North Carolina to raise cigarette tax Aug 06, 2005

The tobacco companies are continuing their decades-long effort to use political contributions to block effective public policies that protect the public health

UPI's Capital Comment for May 13, 2003 May 13, 2003

These rulings leave the tobacco industry open to the vast majority and the most severe of the claims they are facing in California

Calif ruling impacts tobacco lawsuits Aug 06, 2002

These include measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation $96 billion in healthcare expenditures annually

Reform gives smoking cessation opportunity Jan 12, 2010