Florida Supreme Court Ruling on Smokers
First Coast News - Grady Carter is now a frail 76-year-old former smoker who survived lung cancer, and he too is pleased with the Supreme Court ruling. “I have many friends who were not as lucky as I and have died of lung cancer. Any way we can stop this, I hope they
With Class Dismissed, Smoker’s Widow Files Own Suit in Florida
Law.com - Reynolds Tobacco Co. for negligence and strict liability, claiming their actions led to the death of her husband, Rowland, two years ago from lung cancer. The plaintiff also alleges the defendants, in addition to other tobacco manufacturers, engaged
Doctors say budget fix needed for state s ailing health care system
Aurora Sentinel - Bob McCartney said an indigent Korean patient of his recently died from lung cancer. He said elimination of burial benefits would be inhumane. Her burial benefit was the only final act of dignity she had, McCartney said. Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts
Performers join to raise money for cancer research
Stamford Advocate - One of this year’s recipients, Laurie Littlepage from the University of California-San Diego, said she learned that she received the grant on the day she buried her great-aunt, who died of lung cancer. Littlepage said she became interested in cancer
Experts say one (b) billion will die from tobacco this century
MSN MoneyCentral - They say lung cancer is still number one among the nearly eleven (m) million new cancer cases diagnosed annually. Along with cutting tobacco use, health officials say better nutrition would also help lower those numbers. %@AP Links Rita Foley, A-P
Border guards concerned over diesel exhaust exposure
Todays Trucking - In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released a controversial 651-page study that concluded diesel exhaust probably causes lung cancer. While the report noted the long-term health effects of exposure to diesel engine exhaust were
Foes Of Public Smoking Seek Big Changes In Tobacco-Friendly N.C.
WRAL - general’s report, released June 27, corroborates what many health experts and anti-smoking activists have argued for years: that even minimal exposure to secondhand smoke can cause severe health problems, including heart disease and lung cancer.