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Tobacco companies' advertising and promotional campaigns may influence young adults and adolescents to start smoking, says a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General.

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Time.com: When Are Cigarette Taxes Too High? updated: Fri Jun 06 2008 14:00:00

The price for a pack in New York City is now the highest in the country. Concern for the public health, or a money grab by the government?

Time.com: Study: Bans Curb Teen Smokingupdated: Mon May 05 2008 20:00:00

A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers

Time.com: Proposed Bill Would Regulate Tobaccoupdated: Wed Jul 18 2007 12:25:00

Tobacco would be placed under federal regulation under legislation being readied for a Senate committee vote over objections from lawmakers

Critic: Philip Morris blowing smoke in Web adsupdated: Tue Mar 14 2006 20:24:00

An anti-smoking organization is accusing WebMD of betraying its patrons by couching an advertisement bankrolled by Philip Morris as an "information resource" for people who want to quit smoking.

Behind the tobacco retreatupdated: Mon Jun 13 2005 16:01:00

The U.S. government has spent four years and more than $135 million building a case in federal court that cigarette makers profited over the course of a half-century by lying to the American public about the dangers of smoking and racking up generations of addicts in the process.

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