britain's governing Labour party's abrupt volte-face on November 5 on the plan to ban Formula One racing sponsorship by tobacco companies has become as a major embarrassment. This was one of

Cultivation and production of tobacco is consuming forests in southern Brazil

Habitual tobacco usage and betel

Despite signing deals with Florida for US $11.3 billion and Mississippi for US $3.4 billion, tobacco companies in the US said that they would fight the US $14 billion lawsuit in the state of Texas.

Recent findings have confirmed that the addition of ammonia to tobacco increases the ability of nicotine to enter a smoker's bloodstream. This increases the addictive effect of cigarettes. The

A federal court in North Carolina, US, recently passed a landmark judgement related to smoking when it ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can regulate sales and labelling on

Research finally establishes that smoking and lung cancer are directly proportional to each other. Tobacco firms are hopping mad

The American tobacco industry has hit back with a vengeance. Following President Clinton's announcement of wide ranging restrictions on cigarette advertising (Down To Earth, Vol 5, No 8), the

US tobacco companies are gearing up to fight a ruling which awarded US $750,000 in damages to a lung cancer patient Grady Carter who smoked for more