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ASH Daily News

19 December 2000

Headlines
Nottingham University & BAT: Porritt to give honorary award back?
‘Star Scientific sues to have settlement declared illegal’
‘Add colorectal cancer to list of smoking-associated cancers, say
experts’
‘Labour tobacco ban at top of election agenda’
‘Smoking code urged’

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Nottingham University & BAT: Porritt to give honorary award back?

The Guardian’s Education section reports that environmental activist,
Jonathan Parrott told a local Nottingham meeting that he is
threatening to give back his honorary degree from Nottingham
University in response to the University’s decision to accept £3.8m
from British American Tobacco for a Centre on International Corporate
Responsibility.

Source: The Guardian, Education Section, 19 December 2000

Star Scientific sues to have settlement declared illegal

The Times reports that tobacco company, Star Scientific Inc., has gone
to the U.SO Federal Court to have the landmark 1998 settlement between
major cigarette makers and 46 state governments declared
unconstitutional. The company alleges that the settlement violates the
company’s right to equal protection and ‘due process of law by
requiring it to pay large sums of money into escrow.’ The tobacco firm
argues, that it, ‘essentially is being punished for wrongs it didn’t
commit.’

Source: The Times, 19 December 2000

‘Add colorectal cancer to list of smoking-associated cancers, say
experts’

The Lancet reports that, ‘About 12% of colorectal cancer deaths in the
USA could be attributable to smoking, says Ann Chaos (American Cancer
Society) the lead author of a large prospective study published this
month.’

Source: The Lancet, Vol. 356, 16 December 2000

‘Labour tobacco ban at top of election agenda’

Simon Linacre reports in the Retail Newsagent that, ‘Banning tobacco
advertising is back at the top of the government’s agenda in the run
up to next year’s general election.’

Source: Retail Newsagent, 16 December 2000

‘Smoking code urged’

The Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine reports that, ‘The government has
been urged to take a tougher stance on passive smoking to ensure
hospitality workers get the same protection as those in other
industries. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIE) has
written to Prime Minister Tony Blair urging him not to backtrack on
plans for an Approved Code of Practice giving priority to the needs of
non-smoking employees.’

Source: Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 14 December 2000

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