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7/4/2006 1:07:00 AM | Tiffany settles over teether allegations 
=(0) Tiffany & Co. will pay a $262,500 civil penalty for failing to report a hazard discovered in its baby teether rattles in 2004. The company received at least 3 reports of a central bar breaking because of defective solder joints, leading to the release of small objects which could be inhaled or swallowed by babies. Tiffany discontinued the...
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6/29/2006 7:36:00 PM | 'Light' Cigarettes Don't Help Smokers =(0) More bad news for those who smoke "light" cigarettes: Not only are they just as bad for you as regular cigarettes, but they may make it more difficult to quit altogether. A study from the Harvard School of Public Health has shown that smokers of light cigarettes are less than half as likely to quit, and the the difference increases with a...
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6/28/2006 11:58:00 AM | Bausch stock rises on ReNu study news =(0) Bausch & Lomb stock, and no doubt company morale, went up after a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed it was probably not totally responsible for the recent outbreaks of the serious eye infection, fusarium keratitis. The study of users in Singapore revealed a high percentage there did not use proper contact lens h...
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6/28/2006 12:07:00 AM | Infections may continue among contact lens wearers: Study =(0) Researchers in Singapore suspect that the outbreak there of the eye infection fusarium keratitis was not solely caused by a defect in Baush & Lomb's contact lens cleaner, ReNu with MoistureLoc. When the outbreak began, in March 2005, a third of those affected had not used that product, but more than 80% had failed to use proper contact lens hy...
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6/27/2006 4:29:00 PM | Singapore Eye Infections Heighten Contact Lens Concerns =(0) The Journal of the American Medical Association reports on the ongoing outbreak of fusarium keratitis, a rare but serious eye infection, in Singapore. Outbreaks of this infection worldwide are connected to Bausch & Lomb's Renu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaner, which was withdrawn from the market in May. Bausch & Lomb thinks that the ...
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6/27/2006 1:08:00 PM | Infection triggers suit =(0) A law firm in China is preparing a class action lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb over fungal eye infections allegedly caused by its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaner. The product was withdrawn from the market worldwide after several outbreaks of a severe eye infection, fusarium keratitis. So far 14 potential plaintiffs have contacte...
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6/25/2006 8:05:00 PM | Cigarette smoking may undermine benefits of potent antiretroviral ... =(0) A new study of HIV-positive women finds that those who smoke cigarettes are more likely to have their disease progress to AIDS or to die. This, despite treatment with powerful HIV drugs known as antiretroviral therapy. A previous study of HIV-positive men found the same. The smoking women were more likely to come down with pneumonia and t...
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6/24/2006 6:15:00 AM | Colorado judge denies delay of smoking ban =(0) A statewide smoking ban for public places will go ahead in Colorado even as some business owners sue to overturn the law. A judge refused to delay implementation of the ban, which begins July 1. Some bar and restaurant owner fear it will cut into their business; others say the law is unfair because it exempts casinos.......
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6/21/2006 10:44:00 AM | Smokeless Tobacco: No Chewing, No Spitting, and Fewer Cancer ... =(0) Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds are both testing a smokeless tobacco product that would help those addicted to nicotine get around the public bans on smoking that more and more communities are enacting. These are not the chewing and spitting kinds of tobacco, but a neat pouch held against the gums. Nicotine is absorbed and while the effect is sa...
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6/20/2006 11:37:00 PM | St. Louis Area Woman Sues Bausch And Lomb Following Eye Infection ... =(0) A Missouri woman who wore contact lenses without problems for 20 years, is suing Bausch & Lomb after she had to have a cornea transplant for Fusarium Keratitis infection eye damage. As well, her vision is still far from what it was before and she still experiences pain. Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc solution, which the woman had u...
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6/20/2006 9:33:00 AM | Parental smoking still a threat to kids' lungs =(0) Smoking during pregnancy, and smoking in the home where children live, are both serious health problems according to a recent study. Mothers who smoke when pregnant have babies with 30-40% higher risk of poor lung function, and the effect can last as long as 12 years. Second hand smoke in the home is itself a risk factor for lung disease,...
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6/20/2006 9:33:00 AM | Tobacco settlement violates Constitution, federal suit claims =(0) The latest skirmish in the States vs Big Tobacco wars involves a lawsuit claiming that the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, signed by 46 states, violates the US Constitution. Filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute on behalf of a smoker and various interests of retail tobacco, the suit alleges that the fact that states agree on somethin...
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6/19/2006 8:31:00 PM | San Diego City Council votes to ban smoking on beaches =(0) The City of San Diego, California is in the process of banning smoking from city parks and beaches. Several other California municipalities have already enacted such bans, including San Francisco and Santa Monica. While some contend the danger of second hand smoke is minimal because the open air is not confined, others approve because of healt...
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6/19/2006 8:19:00 PM | Philip Morris to get $2.15 billion back from Madison County =(0) Things are looking up for Philip Morris in Madison County, Illinois. It will get back over $2 billion of its appeal bond posted there after it lost a $10 billion judgement in a class action lawsuit. The suit claimed Philip Morris fraudulently claimed its "light" cigarettes were less harmful than regular cigarettes. The verdict was later overturned ...
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6/19/2006 2:22:00 PM | Health heavyweights urge Ontario to sue tobacco companies =(0) Inspired by lawsuits in some American states and the Province of British Columbia, a coalition of health officials is urging Ontario to sue cigarette companies to recover health care costs for smoking-related illnesses. A letter with over 100 signatures, organized by the Non-Smokers' Rights Association, accuses the tobacco industry of fraud, i...
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6/17/2006 2:37:00 AM | Flagler couple sue Bausch & Lomb for infection =(0) Bausch & Lomb is hit with another lawsuit over its discontinued lens cleaner, ReNu with MoistureLoc. This one is by a Florida woman who needed two corneal transplants and is still experiencing symptoms from the Fusarium Keratitis infection. She claims defective product design and inadequate warnings concerning the risks of using the ReNu clean...
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6/14/2006 9:59:00 PM | Extra Wrinkles may point to a heightened risk for lung disease =(0) Scientists have discovered that middle-aged smokers who have heavily wrinkled faces are at higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a result of smoking. This finding might point to a common mechanism whereby skin damage and lung damage both occur for similar reasons in susceptible people. ......
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6/14/2006 6:06:00 PM | Tobacco companies ask judge to dismiss Medicare lawsuit =(0) Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. are among six tobacco companies named as defendants in a lawsuit by United Seniors Association Inc. which seeks to have the companies reimburse Medicare for its disbursements for smoking-related illnesses since 1999. United Seniors is a lobbying group which is attempting to pursue the lawsuit on ...
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6/14/2006 5:14:00 PM | House backs bill banning free tobacco giveaways =(0) The State of Massachusetts is in the process of banning companies from giving away free samples of tobacco products. The practice encourages young people to try cigarettes, which leads to addiction and serious health problems. The State is also mandating that cigarettes sold there be self-extinguishing, because cigarette fires are the leading...
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6/14/2006 2:45:00 PM | Smokers can't file class-action against Philip Morris =(0) The Ohio Supreme Court has denied class action status to a lawsuit brought by two Ohio smokers against Philip Morris. A lower court had approved the status but that ruling was overturned. The suit, which can still proceed on its own, involved whether Philip Morris knew that "light" cigarettes are as dangerous as regular ones when it marke...
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