The report's authors say tobacco is a unique product because it kills more Americans than AIDS, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, homicides, suicides, car accidents and fires combined. Authors from the IOM, a panel of independent experts who advise the government on health policy, say they aim "to reduce smoking so substantially that it is no longer a significant public health problem. Spokesman Tommy Payne said the report should have addressed encouraging smokers to switch to smokeless tobacco to...

The barn was filled with farming supplies to raise cattle and harvest tobacco. Those supplies were essential for Robert Curtis' livelihood. That left Curtis to figure out how he'll harvest this year's crop. Two different fire departments had to respond to help put out the fire. Curtis found out about the fire from a neighbor who called 911 and then him. And when it did fall in, fire crews had to leave it to burn. Curtis says he doesn't know how many dollars worth of damage the fire caused....

NASHVILLE - The success of an effort to strengthen punishment for gun and gang crimes may be linked to the passage of a 40-cents-per-pack increase of the state's cigarette tax. KnoxNews: State .Registration .Members .Contact. Site Map.Alerts. Archives/ Photos .Subscription Services - Home Delivery Special! House Democrats are pushing for $14 million in the state budget to go toward the so-called "Crooks With Guns" legislation, a bill to curb gang violence and another to increase the number...

Ohio and 45 other states settled a lawsuit against the five largest tobacco companies in 1998 calling for states to receive annual payments in perpetuity. The state may get less money over time than it would have received, but it would get an estimated $5 billion lump sum and transfer the risk that the tobacco companies might not continue the payments some day. Strickland proposes using that total, the estimate of what would be raised by selling 40-year bonds backed by the annual tobacco...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? City parks to become tobacco-free in June By CRYSTAL LEE/Democrat staff Writer Article Created:05/23/2007 09:49:12 AM PDT Woodland's parks and outdoor recreation facilities will be tobacco-free zones after June 15, following a unanimous decision by the City Council. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? City parks to become tobacco-free in June By CRYSTAL LEE/Democrat staff Writer Article Created:05/23/2007 09:49:12 AM PDT Woodland's parks and...