Read more Big Tobacco stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/38731/big-tobacco.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65218/lets-do-to-big-food-what-we-did-to-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter decades of anti-smoking campaigns, Big Tobacco has been brought low and ashtrays have “gone the way of spittoons,” writes Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe . It’s high time we gave Big Food the same treatment. “Now that two-thirds of Americans are overweight, the lethal effects of fat are catching...http://www.newser.com/story/65218/lets-do-to-big-food-what-we-did-to-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 11:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62640/obama-admits-he-still-sneaks-occasional-cigarette.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe wasn't all that happy to be asked about it—again—but President Obama admitted during his news conference today that, yes, he still lights up the occasional cigarette, reports ABC News. “Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes.” Obama said he’s not a “daily smoker, a constant smoker,...http://www.newser.com/story/62640/obama-admits-he-still-sneaks-occasional-cigarette.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 15:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61639/senate-oks-tough-new-tobacco-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongress struck the US government's strongest anti-smoking blow in decades today with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads, and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people. Cigarette foes say the changes could cut into the 400,000 deaths every...http://www.newser.com/story/61639/senate-oks-tough-new-tobacco-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 14:41:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTobacco companies engaged in “deceits” and knowingly marketed cigarettes without regard for consumers’ health, violating civil racketeering laws, a federal appeals court ruled today. In upholding the verdict in a landmark case brought by the Clinton Justice Department in 1999, the court refused to overturn a district judge’s order that...http://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 15:20:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56133/big-tobacco-suffers-big-setbacks-in-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of winning its fights in Washington, Big Tobacco is steeling itself for a major defeat: Not only did Congress pass an excise tax hike of 62 cents a pack of cigarettes, which went into effect this week, but the House voted overwhelmingly to submit the industry to FDA...http://www.newser.com/story/56133/big-tobacco-suffers-big-setbacks-in-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:23:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55138/house-hits-big-tobacco-senate-battle-up-next.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House today agreed to give the FDA broad new powers over tobacco products, the New York Times reports. The House voted 298-to-112 to pass the bill, but the real fight will come in the Senate, where one North Carolina Republican has already threatened a filibuster. Ted Kennedy plans to...http://www.newser.com/story/55138/house-hits-big-tobacco-senate-battle-up-next.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 17:00:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52309/winston-man-dies-of-cancer-amidst-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Landers, the one-time face of Winston cigarettes, has died at 68 of lung and throat cancer in the middle of a multi-million dollar legal action against his former employers, the Guardian reports. Landers, who was to testify next month, was among about 9,000 Florida smokers suing cigarette companies...http://www.newser.com/story/52309/winston-man-dies-of-cancer-amidst-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 13:55:01 CST