THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IS RESPONDING. >> THE GOAL OVER TIME -- ASHLEY: STATE LAWMAKERS THIS SPRING WILL START DEBATING WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A GENERAL TOBACCO PHASEOUT IN CALIFORNIA. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT ...

DALLAS — States that signed on to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies are counting down to April 17, the deadline for 2006 payments made under the terms of the agreement.

This story features "Cheep Mountain," from the album Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer by Mandolinist Butch Baldassari and Dulcimer Legend David Schnaufer. Around each curve in rural Kentucky, it ...

On a hot summer day last year, a 17-year-old migrant worker named Ivan Alavez was assigned to pull trays of tobacco seedlings from a makeshift shearing machine welded from an old lawnmower blade. But ...

Dubai, May 29, 2006 - Across the world more than 13,000 lives are needlessly lost each day owing to health complications brought about by tobacco use. Yearly, this figure reaches an estimated five ...

The World Health Organization meets this weekend in Washington D.C. to discuss strategies for preventing tobacco-related health problems. Debbie Elliott speaks with Dr. Armando Peruga, a participant ...