News tagged with 'Tobacco Industry'

He may jog and play basketball but President-elect Obama has not only the nation's health care to fix but his own personal health challenge. Like one in five Americans, he smokes cigarettes and quitting has proven elusive over the years.

Former Judge Roy L. Pearson will not get a new trial over the valuable pants he used to own. The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected his request to overturn a ruling that denied him damages. The former Judge argued the dry cleaner sign said “Satisfaction Guaranteed”  - to the tune of $54 million. Finally, three appellate judges agreed that Pearson’s argument defied logic.

The World Health Organization in its 2008 World Cancer Report shows that developing countries that adopt increasingly Westernized lifestyles and tobacco use are catching up to developed nations in the number of cancer deaths annually.