"… order a legislative session in Mexico City in October 2007. “Whoever is smoking cigars or cigarettes: Please, please leave the room to smoke outside.”Si …"

"… cigarettes: Please, please leave the room to smoke outside.”Since 2000, smoking had not been allowed in federal buildings in Mexico – including the Cong …"

"… ing the Congress. But seven years later, as lawmakers debated a tough anti-smoking initiative, the rule was attracting open protests among the body …"

"… co Control, a global public health treaty that calls for tough controls on smoking and the tobacco industry. Mexico’s capital city today has the nation’s …"

"… ommerce, State, and Justice departments, authored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).“It bothers me that we want to stop American kids from smoking, yet we …"

"… e tobacco industry, and settlement talks began.First to settleMississippi, Texas, Florida and Minnesota settled first, for roughly $40 billion. The industr …"

"… . Critics claim the process of selecting lawyers was open to favoritism.In Texas, the five law firms that won $3.3 billion in fees for representing the sta …"

"… illion in fees for representing the state were all long-time donors to the Texas Democratic Party and to Attorney General Dan Morales. In 1998, members of …"

"… s investigating financial ties between Morales and lawyers who represented Texas in the $17 billion lawsuit.In Kansas, Attorney General Carla Stovall had t …"

"… s, as Ottawa and provincial governments began hiking tobacco taxes to curb smoking and raise funds, the smuggling business has grown “exponentially,” acc …"

"… s of millions in profits. The cheap cigarettes not only fuel the spread of smoking, which costs Canadians more than C$4 billion annually in health care, but …"

"… l Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined a new policy for reducing smoking: tobacco advertising will be totally prohibited in 2012; there will be no …"

"… : tobacco advertising will be totally prohibited in 2012; there will be no smoking inside some public buildings and on public transportation; and by 2015, ex …"

"… d government transparency advocates skeptical that they can win meaningful smoking reforms and curb government spending on tobacco-related death and disease. …"

"… countries. But nations like Russia pose a challenge because of their ample smoking populations, potential legions of new smokers, and governments that have a …"

"… statement said the “bold measure” would “help prevent children from smoking [and] encourage adults who do to quit.” But the agency’s own research …"

"… ng responses in terms of intentions related to cessation or initiation [of smoking],” wrote the survey authors at RTI International, a North Carolina resea …"

"… rvey’s conclusions, the FDA estimates that the labels will “reduce the smoking population” by 213,000 within the first year. This widely reported numbe …"

"… o Robert Cunningham, senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society, smoking rates have declined from 24 percent to 18 percent from 2000 to 2009. Canad …"

"… tried tobacco at least once.Bidi consumption trumps conventional cigarette smoking by as much as eight to one. Cost is a key reason – a bundle of 25 bidis …"

"… deaths are tied to bidis. More Indians have been found to be dying of bidi smoking than from all other forms of tobacco combined, according to studies by the …"

"… ”Global health studies have shown graphic warnings effective in reducing smoking. But getting a tougher message across may be difficult. Lawmakers and mini …"

"… Global Adult Tobacco Survey, which showed how – despite a ban on public smoking – about a third of Indians were exposed to second-hand smoke outside the …"