Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• FDA targets tobacco

  January 19, 2010 in Business on Page A6 RICHMOND, Va. – The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products. In June, tobacco companies must tell …

• Wash. smoking rate hits new low for 6th year

  September 2, 2009 in City OLYMPIA — A state Health Department Survey has found fewer adults are smoking tobacco in Washington. The survey found 15.3 percent of Washington adults smoked in 2008, down from 16.5 … 4

• Bill gives FDA tobacco oversight

  June 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Capping a half-century battle with the tobacco industry, the Senate overwhelmingly approved landmark legislation Thursday that would for the first time give the government far-reaching power to regulate …

• Anti-smoking vote gives US agency new power

  June 11, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON— Congress struck the U.S. government’s strongest anti-smoking blow in decades Thursday with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads and …

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  Unenforced tobacco ban in Spokane parks remains, for now

  April 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 A two-week-old ban on tobacco products in Spokane parks will remain in place as officials reconsider the prohibition. The Spokane Park Board, which voted unanimously last month to impose the … 9

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  Supreme Court upholds Oregon tobacco ruling

  April 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Ten years and a day after a jury awarded Mayola Williams nearly $80 million in punitive damages in her fight with a cigarette maker, the Supreme Court said …

• Congress might regulate tobacco

  March 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In what appears to be the best chance since public health groups started pushing for it in the 1970s, Congress is poised to regulate tobacco, a product linked …