Senate panel approves workplace smoking ban. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Montgomery County, said he was pleased by the committee's passage of the bill, but he said he realizes there is still major opposition to the measure from powerful special interests such as the tobacco industry, casinos and some bars and restaurants. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Montgomery County, said he was pleased by the committee's passage of the bill, but he said he realizes there is still major opposition to the measure from...

The striking thing about that appraisal is how true it remains today -- even after the $206 billion Master Settlement Agreement between tobacco makers and 46 states in 1998, the $40 billion settlement with four other states, and the flood of internal documents showing that the industry long knew its products were addictive and dangerous. The striking thing about that appraisal is how true it remains today -- even after the $206 billion Master Settlement Agreement between tobacco makers and...

The Partnership was created later as a pilot program using separate payments from cigarette makers. Moore, whose father recently died of a smoking-related illness, said the Partnership was a program that could have &#8220prevented thousands of kids from ever getting addicted to tobacco and dying from cancer or heart disease. The Supreme Court said payments from the historic 1997 settlement with tobacco manufacturers go to the state treasury. The Partnership had sponsored a wide range of...

Governors and Medicaid directors have put their weight behind a bill that would more than triple funding for the program from about $5 billion a year to more than $15 billion. WASHINGTON - As Congress edges closer to renewing a health insurance program for children, state officials have made it clear that they have a much different vision for the program's future than the Bush administration. Plus, they could continue to provide health insurance to populations whose incomes are above the...

Take A Stand Against Physically-Harmful Tobacco - And Reply posted May 26, 2007 In several states, politicians, the concerned media, health-related agencies, and citizen/voters are stepping up and taking a stand against the physically harmful use of tobacco. Somehow this type of action needs to be exercised throughout Southeast Tennessee. Take A Stand Against Physically-Harmful Tobacco - And Reply posted May 26, 2007 In several states, politicians, the concerned media, health-related...