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...also heads the Kansas City office of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, predicts that limits on sex-shop advertising could be won in the future with the right argument. He says there are constitutional zoning restrictions for sexually oriented businesses, and liquor and tobacco face advertising limits. Under this scenario, adult sex store billboards would go the way of the Marlboro Man. Says Cosby: "Someday, some attorney is going...
...Howard Engle, 89, a doctor, continued to smoke despite being the lead plaintiff in a 1998 class action against tobacco companies. The trial ended with a $145 billion award--later voided--cementing the argument that manufacturers knowingly addicted smokers and failed to warn them about the dangers of lighting...
...Puffin' in Tobacco Country...
...Tobacco's New Targets," by Jeffrey Kluger, in which both North and South Carolina are listed as states with no restrictions on smoking in restaurants [July 27]: I am extremely pleased to report that in Rock Hill, S.C.--and, as of Jan. 2, 2010, in all of North Carolina--restaurants are smoke-free. Patronage has increased, and there's a new, fresh ambiance in all of them. In Rock Hill--one of several areas in the state to pass such a law--the new ordinance went into effect on May 1, though several restaurants had by then already banned smoking...
...group in 2004 ended with the police claiming victory. But five years on and the militants are back, stronger and more vicious. In the latest outbreak of violence, in Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Borno state, militant gunmen assaulted police stations and engaged armored-personnel backed troops. (Read "Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights on Africa...