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'Mad Men': Catch up for the new season

Where did we leave our favorite ad agency a year and a half ago? Here's a quick refresher as season 5 premieres on March 25.
Top 10 richest US presidents

Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.

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'Mad Men': Catch up for the new season

Where did we leave our favorite ad agency a year and a half ago? Here's a quick refresher as season 5 premieres on March 25.
Top 10 richest US presidents

Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
Coming slowly to 300 million Chinese puffers: smoke-free zones

Despite a new smoke-free zone at Peking University, China is making only half-hearted efforts to dissuade people from smoking.
Warning labels for cigarette packs take a grisly turn. Will they work?

Warning labels unveiled by the FDA would be the first change to cigarette pack warnings in 25 years. Nine graphic images were chosen using consumer surveys that involved 18,000 people.
The Circle Bastiat
How regulations grow

In the modern regulatory environment, fair competition is assured not by lowering taxes but by raising them on everyone.
Global News Blog
World No Tobacco Day: Which countries smoke the most?

The percentage of female smokers is increasing, and the number of annual tobacco-related deaths is expected to rise at an alarming rate unless action is taken, the World Health Organization announced on World No Tobacco Day.
New FDA rules restrict tobacco marketing to kids

Marketing tobacco products to kids and teens will be restricted under new FDA rules to be published Friday.
Earth Talk – Little cigarette butts make big litter impact

When cigarette butts become litter, they have a negative impact on the environment. The filters are made of a plastic that can take up to 10 years to decompose.
Calls soar to hot lines helping smokers quit

The help centers are bracing for even more calls now that Congress has toughened tobacco regulation.
Senate finally says 'no' to Big Tobacco

The industry's influence staved off major regulations for nearly a half century. Thursday's vote changes that.
New tobacco rules: What will they do?

Under legislation passed by the Senate Thursday, the FDA is likely to require warnings on the packs that take up much more space.
Federal and state governments look to smokers for more tax revenue

Though they hit poor Americans hardest, stiff taxes on tobacco can reduce healthcare costs by billions.
Supreme Court dismisses appeal in tobacco case with $79.5 million verdict

The case was considered one of the most important of the current term because it suggested the justices were headed into a showdown with the Supreme Court of Oregon.
First of 8,000 antitobacco suits to go to trial in Florida

Once part of a huge class action lawsuit, plaintiffs are now waging fights one at a time.
Supreme Court rules smokers can sue over 'light' cigarette claims

The decision will make it easier for local residents to recover damages from national firms, consumer groups say.
US Supreme Court takes up tobacco case for third time

The case involves an ongoing tug of war between the high court and the highest court in Oregon.
Developing countries vow to shut door on Big Tobacco

150-plus nations agreed this weekend to cut lobbyists' ties to government.
America's 'height of hypocrisy' on tobacco

A product so lethal doesn't deserve free-trade benefits.
Supreme Court to decide if Maine smokers can sue

The case, to be heard Monday, will determine if the smokers' suit alleging fraudulent ads about 'low tar' cigarettes can go to trial.
Democrats unrelenting in oversight of Bush administration

With elections ahead, Congress is expected to keep spotlight on alleged misdeeds.
Democrats unrelenting in oversight of Bush administration

With elections ahead, Congress is expected to keep spotlight on alleged misdeeds.
Cabby fights for a clean ride in smoker-friendly Japan

The number of smoke-free cabs has surged since a 2005 ruling in a case brought by Koichi Yasui.
$79 million smoker case not over

The U.S Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear – again – a case in which Philip Morris is disputing the size of a damage award.
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about tobacco control, the Fed's power, market crisis in Uganda, and entitlements.
Let the FDA oversee tobacco

Congress is closer than ever to bringing tobacco under federal regulation.