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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Barrow passes smoking 'ban' 24 Nov 2005
    ...first considered the resolution in August, but tabled it when commissioners questioned why smoking would be prohibited, while smokeless tobacco was allowed. ...
    - Gwinnett Daily Post,

    Tulsa PBR Built Ford Tough Series tour stop pulled 24 Nov 2005
    ...with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the US Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour ...
    - OurSports Central (press release),

    US Smokeless Tobacco Issues Statement on ABC World News Tonight ... Nov 21, 2005
    GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Smokeless Tobacco Company, the principal subsidiary of UST Inc. (NYSE: UST ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    : “Smokers Who ‘Can't Quit’ Should Switch to Smokeless ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...argument that inveterate smokers – those so addicted to nicotine that they have not been able to quit smoking – should switch to smokeless tobacco to save ...
    - NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)

    Using Tobacco to Stop Smoking: Low-Carcinogen Smokeless Product ... Nov 15, 2005
    15 (AScribe Newswire) -- About 4 million fewer Americans would smoke cigarettes with the proper marketing of a low-carcinogen smokeless tobacco that's popular ...
    - AScribe

    Smokeless Tobacco Seen as Poor Alternative for Smokers Nov 8, 2005
    People addicted to cigarettes would be wise to avoid using smokeless tobacco as an alternative, according to researchers who spoke at a American Association ...
    - JoinTogether.org

    Smoking and smokeless tobacco Nov 15, 2005
    And, while the number of cigarette smokers in the United States has dropped over recent years, the number of smokeless tobacco users has steadily risen. ...
    - HealthCentral.com

    AACR: Smokeless Tobacco a Poor Surrogate for Nicotine Replacement Nov 3, 2005
    BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 - Smokeless tobacco is not up to snuff as an alternative to nicotine gum or patches, investigators reported here today. ...
    - CNN

    Smokeless tobacco products are not necessarily a safe alternative ... Nov 3, 2005
    But some products, like smokeless tobacco, may not be effective replacements, according to research presented today during the American Association for Cancer ...
    - News-Medical.net,

    Smokeless tobacco as bad as smoked Nov 2, 2005
    BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Experts say smokeless tobacco is not a good alternative to smoking if a person is trying to quit. Researchers ...
    - United Press International

    Oral tobacco not safe substitute for smoking Nov 11, 2005
    ...from the University of Minnesota Cancer Center in Minneapolis compared the levels of cancer-causing nitrosamines in popular smokeless tobacco products and ...
    - Reuters

    (PRN) - PROFNET WIRE: BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY: Wi-Fi Hotspots ... Nov 21, 2005
    Attacks ... [+. PRN) - US Smokeless Tobacco Issues Statement on ABC World News Tonight Segment on Smokeless Tobacco ... [+. PRN ...
    - Bolsamania.com,

    The Edmonton Journal Nov 8, 2005
    EDMONTON - The University of Alberta has approved a grant from a tobacco company for a new faculty member who champions smokeless tobacco as a safe alternative ...
    - Edmonton Journal,

    Where there's smoke, there's questionable funding Nov 15, 2005
    It was recently announced that the University of Alberta has approved a $1.5 million research grant from the US Smokeless Tobacco Company (USSTC) for a new ...
    - Gateway.ualberta.ca,

    Smokeout: Not as easy as ABC Nov 12, 2005
    Modern smokeless tobacco products contain nicotine in addictive doses to satisfy smokers' cravings. University research has documented ...
    - Washington Times,

    Study: Smokers Would Switch to 'Less Hazardous' Smokeless Product Nov 16, 2005
    Researchers estimate that about four million US smokers would be willing to quit smoking in favor of using a low-carcinogen smokeless tobacco, the Ascribe ...
    - JoinTogether.org

    Today is a terrific time to give up smoking habit Nov 16, 2005
    ...deadly habit. The opportunity to quit is just as important for those who indulge in so-called "smokeless" tobacco products. Many ...
    - Kingsport Times News,

    Stick this in your pipe and smoke it Nov 16, 2005
    Smokeless tobacco users: 3.4 percent nationally (of those 12 and older). Male high school students who use smokeless tobacco: 22.3 ...
    - Dayton Daily News (subscription),

    UST Reports Third Quarter 2005 Diluted EPS of $.80; Reaffirms 2005 ... Oct 27, 2005
    ..."While robust growth continues in our wine business and growth in the moist smokeless tobacco category has exceeded historical trend levels as a result of our ...
    - Finanzen.net,

    Stamp out bad habit with Smoke Out; Survey: More SIUC students ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...homicide and illegal drugs combined. Those who use smokeless tobacco - chew - aren't in the clear either. In 1986, the US Surgeon ...
    - The Southern,

    See for yourself Nov 17, 2005
    ...peer pressure. He wishes his fellow teens understood how dangerous it is to light up a cigarette or use smokeless tobacco. He stopped ...
    - Hickory Daily Record,

    Cost of smoking rises again with insurance surcharges Nov 13, 2005
    Smokeless tobacco: Switching from cigarettes to chewing tobacco is a highly controversial proposal for those who tried to quit smoking and failed. ...
    - Asheville Citizen-Times,

    Smokers quit for a day Nov 14, 2005
    Enforcement of the law is lax. In the Great Plains, rodeos and stock shows are among the top-attended sporting events where smokeless tobacco is promoted. ...
    - Indian Country Today,

    Star Scientific Files Third Quarter Financial Report Nov 7, 2005
    The company also is reviewing options through which sales of Star's dissolvable hard smokeless tobacco products, Ariva(R) and Stonewall Hard Snuff(R), can be ...
    - Business Wire (press release),

    Why Doesn't Dr. Stephen Hecht Want You to Know Smokeless Is Less ... Nov 3, 2005
    Use Research Center, has issued the claim -- based on preliminary data he has yet to publish in a peer-reviewed journal -- that smokeless tobacco is worse than ...
    - American Council on Science and Health,

    Dip, chew no subs for smoking Nov 5, 2005
    ...again. In 1986, the surgeon general concluded that the use of smokeless tobacco "is not a safe substitute for smoking cigarettes. ...
    - Daily News Journal (subscription),

    On Baseball Congress Blows Smoke and Ignores Real Killers Nov 14, 2005
    Teenagers smoke cigarettes as well as use steroids. And while they're at it, let them eliminate smokeless tobacco, too. Joe Garagiola Sr. ...
    - New York Times,

    Patch Is Better Than Snuff for Kicking Cigs Nov 3, 2005
    ...'The use of smokeless tobacco is rarely a successful strategy for smoking cessation in the US, and may actually be a risk factor for starting to smoke.' Snuff ...
    - Daily News Central,

    UST Announces Gierer Plans to Retire as CEO at End of 2006 ... Nov 3, 2005
    ...executive officer at the end of 2006; that Murray S. Kessler, currently president of UST's principal operating subsidiary, US Smokeless Tobacco Company (USSTC ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Snuff Use Not a Good Route to Quitting Smoking Nov 3, 2005
    3 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers who switch to smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff and hard snuff lozenges, in an effort to wean themselves from the ...
    - Forbes

    Star Scientific Files Third Quarter Financial Report Nov 7, 2005
    The company also is reviewing options through which sales ofStar's dissolvable hard smokeless tobacco products, Ariva(R) andStonewall Hard Snuff(R), can be ...
    - Finanzen.net,

    Manager's fund sweet on staples Nov 18, 2005
    It is the world's fourth-largest cigarette company and is expanding into the smokeless tobacco area. The tobacco industry is "hugely cash generative," he said. ...
    - Globe and Mail,

    Smokers Go Cold Turkey on the Corner Nov 16, 2005
    ...tobacco. This includes cigarettes, spit or smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes, and other forms of novel smoked tobacco. Cigarette ...
    - Kansas City infoZine,

    Reasons to join the Smokeout Nov 16, 2005
    American Smokeout. By avoiding cigarettes, cigars or smokeless tobacco for 24 hours, a new smoke-free way of life could begin. Today ...
    - Tiffin Advertiser Tribune,

    Smoke Out Doctors Who Neglect Their Smoking Patients Nov 17, 2005
    ...patches and gum, nicotine inhalers and nasal spray, and medications such as buproprion (some evidence from abroad suggests that smokeless tobacco may also ...
    - American Council on Science and Health,

    Smokers in state fire up more often Nov 17, 2005
    Other cessation activities include a video on the effect of smoking and smokeless tobacco and a discussion about coping with withdrawal. ...
    - Muskogee Daily Phoenix,

    Smokers to quit ‘cold turkey' Nov 17, 2005
    ...form of tobacco. This includes cigarettes, spit or smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes and forms of novel smoked tobacco. She added ...
    - El Dorado Times,

    Goodbye cigarettes, hello quit method Nov 15, 2005
    Available at specialty tobacco stores. * Smokeless tobacco. ... Research shows using smokeless tobacco is safer than smoking, even when mouth cancer is concerned. ...
    - Charlotte Sun-Herald,

    Get help figuring out Nov 20, 2005
    However, if an employee or volunteer wants to quit smoking or using smokeless tobacco, CMH will offer a variety of programs designed to help them. ...
    - Charlotte Observer,

    Smoking law may inspire more to quit Nov 17, 2005
    ..."We thought about allowing smokeless tobacco, since it doesn't create secondhand smoke," she said. "But we felt it would send a mixed message. ...
    - Gainesville Times,

    Quitting before they start: BHS students take anti-smoking message ... Nov 17, 2005
    France said he thinks Burlington's tobacco-use rates are getting better, especially the use of smokeless tobacco, but that it is still important to keep kids ...
    - Journal Times Online,

    Tobacco, Yemen’s Silent Killer Nov 18, 2005
    He said some studies show that the levels of cancer-causing compounds exist in even higher percentages in smokeless tobacco products than they are in medicinal ...
    - Yemen Observer,

    State Fair looking to expand Nov 17, 2005
    Griffith is working to extend sponsorship with US Smokeless Tobacco, which owns the Jumbotron that hung next to the outdoor stage at the Budweiser Rodeo Arena ...
    - Pueblo Chieftain,

    GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT TODAY Nov 17, 2005
    ...percent smokers in 2003). The use of smokeless tobacco also is higher among Alaska Natives than non-Natives. Smoking and other tobacco ...
    - SitNews,

    Smokers’ reprieve Nov 17, 2005
    ...said. Carthel said she encourages smokers to enlist help when they are trying to give up smoking or using smokeless tobacco. “Smokers ...
    - Odessa American,

    Great Smoke Out event today Nov 15, 2005
    ...his life changed forever. The young man had been an athlete and started using smokeless tobacco in his teens.�. Symptoms of oral ...
    - Crisfield Times,

    UST Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend Nov 3, 2005
    UST Inc. is a holding company for its principal subsidiaries: US Smokeless Tobacco Company and International Wine & Spirits Ltd. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Swedish Match AB: Interim Report; January - September 2005 ... Oct 25, 2005
    ...numbers. Swedish Match has an international presence in smokeless tobacco, and sells products on most major smokeless markets. Swedish ...
    - Business Wire (press release),

    Baseball player finds own way to cope with Tourette’s Nov 10, 2005
    One of the coping mechanisms Trapani has turned to in lieu of medication is smokeless tobacco. “Unfortunately I have been using ...
    - The Daily Tar Heel

    Smoking Cessation Methods Questioned Nov 2, 2005
    The “Swedish experience� is used as evidence that smokeless tobacco is effective in smoking cessation and harm reduction because there is a reduced use of ...
    - All Headline News

    Other ways to quit: Do they work? Nov 7, 2005
    ...laser therapy works. Smokeless tobacco. Switching from ... smoking and failed. It assumes smokeless tobacco has fewer health hazards. Dr. Brad ...
    - Montgomery Advertiser,

    How do other ways to quit work? (Or do they?) Nov 5, 2005
    ...failed. It assumes smokeless tobacco has fewer health hazards. Dr. Brad Rodu, a professor of pathology at the University of Alabama ...
    - The Desert Sun,

    Stop blowing smoke Nov 15, 2005
    This Web site has information about the Smokeout, as well as tons of facts about cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, lung cancer and second-hand smoke. ...
    - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,

    Cancer Center at Frye Regional Medical Center Participates in ... Nov 15, 2005
    However, if an employee or volunteer wants to quit smoking or using smokeless tobacco, Frye will provide a variety of programs designed to help them. ...
    - The Lincoln Tribune

    'Safer cigarettes' to lower smoking death toll Nov 12, 2005
    ...range of markets. Innovations include smokeless tobacco and cigarettes with high-tech filters to reduce carcinogens. But it downplayed ...
    - Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),

    Smoke'm If Ya Got'm Nov 6, 2005
    ...harmful to smokers. BAT recently began test marketing a smokeless tobacco product called SNUS. Snus isn't smoked. BAT explained. It is ...
    - AXcess News,

    OFF THE WALL… Nov 16, 2005
    ...go outside to smoke. A lot of them apparently went to smokeless tobacco. Just a little pinch between the cheek and gum. Is that a ...
    - Eastern Washington Statesmen Examiner,

    Candy-flavored cigarettes tempt youth Nov 12, 2005
    Margarita Mixer. Fruit and candy flavors were also added to smokeless tobacco products, cigars and cigarette rolling papers. Gregory ...
    - myDNA.com,

    Don't chew, cancer victim tells students Nov 15, 2005
    At that time, professional athletes starred in television commercials for smokeless tobacco companies such as Skoal and Copenhagen. ...
    - Billings Gazette,

    No bull: Kids warm up when clown pays a visit Nov 16, 2005
    US Team Roping Championship Open Finals. The bonus provided by US Smokeless Tobacco Co. was awarded to Crawford, from Prineville ...
    - Dallas Morning News (subscription),

    December 2005 Rockbridge Area Events Nov 16, 2005
    540-464-2950. Top bull riders will come to Lexington as the PBR US Smokeless Tobacco Co. Challenger Tour makes its final appearance during 2005. ...
    - Rockbridge Weekly,

    PSU students have a powwow Nov 19, 2005
    One of the vendors was Mona Pierce, Topeka. Among her wares were tiny drums made from Copenhagen smokeless tobacco containers. "I ...
    - Pittsburg Morning Sun,

    Police check tobacco sellers Nov 8, 2005
    According to Illinois' minimum-age tobacco laws, no one younger than 18 is supposed to be able to buy cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any ...
    - Springfield State Journal Register,

    Re: Eric / Greg - The Drool Thread Part 4 Nov 18, 2005
    Instead of smoking, they have these tins or bags of smokeless tobacco that they chew on and then spit out the juice. Not my thing. ...
    - CSI Files,

    Local kids smoking, drinking more than their peers Nov 15, 2005
    ...national average. Additionally, 5.5 percent of MCHS sophomores reported using smokeless tobacco in the past 30 days. This compares ...
    - Morris Daily Herald,

    Southeast's Turner makes his pitch during Series Oct 27, 2005
    The commercial is one of four new ads sponsored by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust that spotlight the hazards of smokeless tobacco, which has been ...
    - Greensboro News Record,

    Nicotine addict faces Great American Smokeout Nov 15, 2005
    I've spent most of a lifetime trying to find a way off cigarettes. Cold turkey. Pipes. Cigars. Smokeless tobacco. Nasal snuff. Lozenges. Nicotine gum. ...
    - Charlotte Sun-Herald,

    Gunman sought in holdup spree Nov 16, 2005
    ...that location and fled on food. The bandit took cash, cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco from the stores. No one has been hurt, but ...
    - WFAA (subscription),

    UST 3Q Down on Lower Premium Can Sales Oct 27, 2005
    UST Inc., which makes and distributes wine and smokeless tobacco, said Thursday its third-quarter earnings eased from year-earlier levels on lower premium ...
    - Forbes

    UST 3rd-qtr profit falls on weak premium can sales Oct 27, 2005
    CHICAGO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - UST Inc. (UST.N: Quote, Profile, Research), a smokeless tobacco and wine company, on Wednesday posted slightly lower quarterly ...
    - Reuters

    UST 3Q Down on Lower Premium Can Sales Oct 27, 2005
    GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - UST Inc., which makes and distributes wine and smokeless tobacco, said Thursday its third-quarter earnings eased from year-earlier ...
    - MSN Money

    Anti-smoking campaigners attack plans for 'safer' cigarettes Nov 6, 2005
    ...“There is no truth in the claim over a 90% reduction in risks, that relates to a study of the use of smokeless tobacco, or Swedish-style snus,� said the ...
    - Ireland Online,

    Johnson Jr, Green renew with Nov 9, 2005
    ...complete the roster of Don Prudhomme Racing drivers and proudly represent such racing partners as Miller Brewing Co., US Smokeless Tobacco Co., Ameriquest ...
    - Motorsport.com,

    UPDATE 2-UST profit falls on weak premium tobacco sales Oct 27, 2005
    By Brad Dorfman. CHICAGO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - UST Inc. (UST.N: Quote, Profile, Research), a smokeless tobacco and wine company, on Wednesday posted slightly ...
    - Reuters

    TOBACCO GIANTS NEW PLOY ..but they'll still kill you, say the ... Nov 6, 2005
    ...per cent. The spokeswoman explained the statistic referred to a study on the use of smokeless tobacco, or Swedish-style snuff. She ...
    - Mirror.co.uk,

    Campaigners say "safe cigarettes" will kill thousands Nov 7, 2005
    ...which could reduce the risk of a smoker developing cancer or heart disease by up to 90%, related to the claims of a study of the use of smokeless tobacco. ...
    - News-Medical.net,

    Fairness won out Friday Nov 5, 2005
    ...charge of assault Wednesday. He has also violated the school district's policy by possessing smokeless tobacco on campus. If I may ...
    - Vail Daily News,

    Kicking the habit Nov 7, 2005
    ...permitted. The FDA has ruled these are a type of smokeless tobacco; there is no evidence they help a person quit smoking. -Smoking ...
    - San Angelo Standard-Times,

    Memorial going cold turkey Nov 1, 2005
    ...introduction coincides with the national Great American Smokeout, calls for the elimination of “smoking as well as the use of smokeless tobacco by physicians ...
    - The Tribune-Democrat,

    Coaches leave early for recruiting trip Nov 10, 2005
    He stepped back from his duties two years ago to fight squamous cell carcinoma, which he blamed on 25 years of smokeless tobacco use.
    - Sun-Sentinel.com,

    October is Healthy Lungs Month Oct 26, 2005
    Programs to prevent tobacco use that are based on the same model have also demonstrated modest reductions in the initiation of smokeless tobacco use. ...
    - Heber Springs Sun-Times,

    Spooktacular event set for Halloween night Oct 26, 2005
    Such a large Halloween event is the perfect setting in which to promote an anti-smoking/anti-smokeless tobacco message, as one-third of all smokers had their ...
    - Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),

    Snuff it out Oct 29, 2005
    ...and 11.9 percent of these students have smoked one or more days during a 30-day period on their school campus ­ plus 6.4 percent have used smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Blue Springs Examiner,

    Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline to provide Minnesota QUITPLAN ... Oct 26, 2005
    ...people nationwide through health plans, corporations and state quit lines, targeting cigarette, pipe and cigar smokers, as well as smokeless tobacco users. ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Hires, Fires And Retires: Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2005 Nov 5, 2005
    Murray S. Kessler, president of UST's principal operating subsidiary, US Smokeless Tobacco, was named president and chief operating officer. ...
    - Forbes

    Setting the pace for poinsettias Oct 24, 2005
    ...coordinator. Another regular customer is Memphis-based Conwood Co., which markets Kodiak and other brands of smokeless tobacco. ...
    - MSNBC

    Natural gas prices will burn this winter Nov 13, 2005
    ...low prices of natural gas available in Clarksville since the mid-1990s," said Bryce Sanders, manager of Conwood Co., which manufactures smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle,

    Casper hosts spit tobacco summit Oct 25, 2005
    Concerned about increased advertising from US Smokeless Tobacco, which sells Skoal and Copenhagen, health workers there have launched a campaign aimed at ...
    - The Casper Star Tribune,

    Copy that? Nov 6, 2005
    ...the smokeless tobacco folks in Memphis who make Kodiak and Grizzly chews -- working with archer>malmo to increase customer loyalty. ...
    - commercialappeal.com (subscription),

    Rhodes sent back to hospital Nov 4, 2005
    ...was down. So were his hours at the office, and Rhodes said he'd made changes such as quitting his use of smokeless tobacco. "He ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Phelps Media Group, Inc. Oct 24, 2005
    ...riding fans turned out for the inaugural US Capitol Invitational at the beautiful MCI Center in Washington, DC Part of the US Smokeless Tobacco Company’s ...
    - SFCPressPoint (press release),

    Many stomach cancer cases caused by tobacco use 03 Oct 2005
    Chao's group examined stomach cancer mortality in relation to cigarette smoking in women and cigarette, cigar, pipe and smokeless tobacco use in men enrolled ...
    - PakTribune.com

    Iowa State Daily | Online Edition 03 Oct 2005
    They will compete for national titles and for more than $200,000 in scholarship funds from the US Smokeless Tobacco Company's Scholarship Awards Program ...
    - Iowa State Daily

    WILSON TO GIVE UP SMOKELESS TOBACCO Sep 29, 2005
    ...when he learned that the REDNECK WOMAN singer's images appeared on huge screens at her concerts showing her pulling a can of Skoal smokeless tobacco from her ...
    - Contactmusic.com

    Reynolds eyes smokeless tobacco Sep 22, 2005
    2 US cigarette maker, is considering an acquisition in the $3.5 billion smokeless tobacco market to counter the company's loss of smokers, Chief Executive ...
    - Charlotte Observer

    Smokeless tobacco policy reviewed Sep 5, 2005
    A resolution passed by Student Congress, which suggested a ban on the use of smokeless tobacco, prompted Craig Powell, Environmental Health and Safety Office ...
    - The Shorthorn

    State tries to lasso smokeless users Sep 27, 2005
    ...them hoist cans of chew. Hostesses hand out samples of apple and peach blends of "long cut smokeless tobacco.". Soon there will be ...
    - Denver Post

    SDSU Rodeo Team Bucks Smokeless Tobacco Sponsor Aug 30, 2005
    SIOUX FALLS, SD (AP) - South Dakota State University's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor -- and gave up scholarship money along with it ...
    - KELOLAND TV

    Rodeo sends right message by banning chewing tobacco Sep 29, 2005
    The Pendleton Roundup in Northeast Oregon, one of the nation's oldest and largest professional rodeos, barred the US Smokeless Tobacco Company from ...
    - Lahontan Valley News

    Star Scientific Announces New Directors Sep 26, 2005
    ...the new board members as the company continues to actively explore the range of market possibilities for its dissolvable hard smokeless tobacco products, Ariva ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    All Hijacked Up Oct 2, 2005
    ...clarify what she was singing about - until Tennessee's attorney general asked that she "avoid glamourizing and normalizing the use of smokeless tobacco products ...
    - Edmonton Sun

    Reynolds May Buy Smokeless Tobacco Company Sep 23, 2005
    Citing growth in the market for smokeless tobacco, cigarette maker Reynolds America Inc. is considering an acquisition that would ...
    - JoinTogether.org

    St. Joseph offering tobacco classes Oct 1, 2005
    St. Joseph Regional Health Center is offering classes to help smokers and users of smokeless tobacco quit. The program teaches how ...
    - Bryan College Station Eagle

    Star Scientific Announces New Directors Sep 26, 2005
    ...the new board members as the company continues toactively explore the range of market possibilities for its dissolvablehard smokeless tobacco products, Ariva(R ...
    - Finanzen.net

    One of nation’s oldest rodeos bans free chewing tobacco Sep 22, 2005
    In Oregon’s rural counties, a total of 9 percent of adult men reported using smokeless tobacco — three times the national average, according to a survey. ...
    - The State

    BOOKS/"The City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt Oct 2, 2005
    ...that's been getting mixed reviews (antismoking activists were fired up about her concert performances of "Skoal Ring," an ode to the smokeless tobacco in a can ...
    - OregonLive.com

    Jets soar, biplanes flip for kids Oct 1, 2005
    Meanwhile, the air show continued with displays ranging from one touting smokeless tobacco and nearby another that would help you stop smoking. ...
    - commercialappeal.com (subscription)

    Coupons could settle chew-company suit Sep 20, 2005
    Anybody in Kansas who purchased US Smokeless Tobacco Co. moist smokeless tobacco products from Jan. 1, 1990, to the present may ...
    - Kansas.com

    Imps buys tobacco product banned in EU Sep 20, 2005
    Tobacco, the group behind the Regal, John Player and Superkings cigarette brands, said yesterday it was entering the market for smokeless tobacco despite a ban ...
    - Independent

    Tobacco Harm Reduction Emerges as Viable Public Health Strategy Aug 31, 2005
    Questions raised by conference attendees about making smokeless tobacco alternatives a part of a comprehensive smoking cessation program and the efficacy of ...
    - The Heartland Institute

    EU starts legal proceedings against Finland over wolf-hunting and ... Sep 28, 2005
    ...legal action against Finland in the Court of Justice of the European Communities over issues of wolf hunting and the sale of oral snuff or smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Helsingin Sanomat

    The Investment Column: Imperial is one to avoid as big tobacco ... Sep 20, 2005
    Smokeless tobacco is seen as a much less harmful product and yesterday Imperial said it was buying a Swedish smokeless tobacco company, Skruf. ...
    - Independent

    Star Scientific Announces Agreement on Exercise of Warrants Sep 19, 2005
    ...and contingencies include, without limitation, the challenges inherent in new product development initiatives, particularly in the smokeless tobacco area, the ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    Gretchen Wilson kicks up her honky-tonk party Sep 27, 2005
    ...(Wilson was recently admonished by Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers for endorsing the use of smokeless tobacco products -- and she did agree to stop ...
    - Boston Globe

    UST Lowers Top End of Earnings Guidance for 2005 at Prudential ... Sep 7, 2005
    ...(NYSE: UST), and Murray S. Kessler, president of UST's principal operating subsidiary, US Smokeless Tobacco Company, in speaking to institutional shareholders ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    It takes Moxie to come up with some of these laws Sep 26, 2005
    1 by a 4 percent tax increase on loose tobacco, pipe tobacco and cigars and a 16 percent increase in the tax on smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Kennebec Journal

    DEADLY CHEWING TOBACCO ON SALE Sep 17, 2005
    ...who surveyed 53 Asian mixed businesses in suburbs with large south Asian populations, discovered 50 of the businesses sell the dangerous smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Special Broadcasting Service

    Hurricane gets utility vehicle Sep 26, 2005
    ...quicker. The utility vehicle Hurricane Fire and Rescue received was one of 180 given by US Smokeless Tobacco Brands Inc. since 2003. ...
    - St. George Daily Spectrum

    Inside glance Sep 7, 2005
    SIOUX FALLS, SD - South Dakota State University's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor - and gave up valuable scholarship money along with ...
    - Billings Gazette

    SDSU rodeo wisely rejects tobacco money Sep 3, 2005
    ...statement. The team decided to end its contract with US Smokeless Tobacco Co., which makes Skoal and other similar products. The ...
    - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

    UST: UST Lowers Top End of Earnings Guidance for 2005 Sep 22, 2005
    ...chairman and chief executive officer of UST Inc., and Murray S. Kessler, president of UST's principal operating subsidiary, US Smokeless Tobacco Company will ...
    - Webbolt Business News (subscription)

    Singer warned on prop Sep 10, 2005
    As a part of singer Gretchen Wilson's act, she pulled a can of Skoal smokeless tobacco from her back pocket when she sang her new song "Skoal Ring.". ...
    - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

    Auction raises $21,000 for rodeo Aug 31, 2005
    YANKTON - When South Dakota State University's club rodeo team dropped its 30-year US Smokeless Tobacco sponsorship in 2004, it was saddled with a financial ...
    - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

    Rodeo students shun tobacco money Aug 30, 2005
    SIOUX FALLS, SD -- South Dakota State University's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor _ and gave up valuable scholarship money along ...
    - Newsday

    Chewers feeling the pinch in Pendleton Sep 17, 2005
    ...races. But no more free samples of smokeless tobacco. The city has banned the practice at Oregon's biggest and rowdiest rodeo. But ...
    - OregonLive.com

    Officers' newest tool lets them go off-road Sep 9, 2005
    ...morning. The 6X6 vehicle was awarded to the county as part of a $10,000 Operation Ranger grant from US Smokeless Tobacco. "Uses ...
    - Stevens Point Journal

    Fundraiser for SDSU rodeo raises $21,000 Sep 1, 2005
    YANKTON, SD - South Dakota State University's rodeo team more than made up for the loss of smokeless tobacco money at an auction in Yankton. ...
    - Aberdeen American News

    Fundraiser for SDSU rodeo raises $21,000 Sep 1, 2005
    Organizers say the goal is to provide scholarship money and reward the students for ending the program's relationship with US Smokeless Tobacco Co., which ...
    - Black Hills Pioneer

    Ore. Rodeo Bans Free Chewing Tobacco Sep 21, 2005
    In Oregon's rural counties, a total of 9 percent of adult men reported using smokeless tobacco three times the national average, according to a survey ...
    - ABC News

    Storekeepers say customers fuming about higher cigarette tax Sep 19, 2005
    ...on loose tobacco used for rolling, pipe tobacco and cigars will rise from 16 percent to 20 percent of the wholesale price, while smokeless tobacco rises from ...
    - Boston Globe

    UST Reduces Full-Year Earnings Outlook Sep 7, 2005
    GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - Smokeless tobacco company UST Inc. on Wednesday said it is lowering the top end of its 2005 earnings forecast ...
    - MSN Money

    Redneck theme grates in new Wilson album Sep 29, 2005
    The housewife anthem "Full Time Job" might have sounded radical 20 or 30 years ago. "Skoal Ring" tries to make smokeless tobacco seem sexy. ...
    - DesMoinesRegister.com

    Codey seeks to boost tobacco age Sep 21, 2005
    Youth Tobacco Survey. Seven percent used smokeless tobacco and 6 percent reported smoking bidis, or miniature cigars. At high schools ...
    - Newark Star Ledger

    Heber Springs schools and Baptist Health are tobacco free Sep 21, 2005
    Arkansas statistics alone show that 23.7 percent of high school students smoke and 13.5 percent have chewed smokeless tobacco in the last 30 days. ...
    - Heber Springs Sun-Times

    MPAAT Board Approves New Research Funding Priorities for 2006 Sep 22, 2005
    ...people nationwide through health plans, corporations and state quitlines, targeting cigarette, pipe and cigar smokers, as well as smokeless tobacco users. ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    SDSU rodeo students shun tobacco money Aug 30, 2005
    So the rodeo students discussed and then decided to end the Brookings college's contract with US Smokeless Tobacco Co., the maker of Copenhagen, Skoal and ...
    - Black Hills Pioneer

    Business Briefs Sep 19, 2005
    Star, a Chester-based maker of discount cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, announced in March that it had entered a securities purchase and registration rights ...
    - Richmond Times Dispatch

    Quick Hits Sep 5, 2005
    South Dakota State's rodeo team apparently has had enough of snuff. Not that the school had much choice in dropping its smokeless tobacco sponsor. ...
    - Chicago Sun-Times

    New Rescue Vehicle for Portage County Sep 8, 2005
    Thursday (September 8, 2005) its Emergency Management Department is getting a $10,000 utility vehicle for free from the US Smokeless Tobacco Company. ...
    - WSAW

    One of nation's oldest rodeos bans free chewing tobacco Sep 19, 2005
    Officials at US Smokeless Tobacco Co., which manufactures both the Skoal and Copenhagen brands, said they were not bothered by the city's decision. ...
    - AZ Central.com

    Kids smarter than some give them credit for Aug 30, 2005
    The latest example is Attorney General Paul Summers’ admonition to country singer Gretchen Wilson to stop displaying a can of smokeless tobacco while singing ...
    - Nashville City Paper

    UST Reduces Full-Year Earnings Outlook Sep 7, 2005
    Smokeless tobacco company UST Inc. on Wednesday said it is lowering the top end of its 2005 earnings forecast to reflect lower-than ...
    - Forbes

    Fuel prices hurt race teams, track promoters Aug 31, 2005
    South Dakota State's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor -- and gave up valuable scholarship money along with it. ...
    - Ventura County Star (subscription)

    Wilson handles sudden stardom by being herself Sep 16, 2005
    Ring" -- briefly made Wilson the target of the Tennessee attorney general, who objected to what he viewed as Wilson's endorsement of smokeless tobacco products ...
    - Reuters

    Wilson handles sudden stardom by being herself Sep 16, 2005
    ...briefly made Wilson the target of the Tennessee attorney general, who objected to what he viewed as Wilson‘s endorsement of smokeless tobacco products. ...
    - Leading The Charge

    Inaugural SDSU Rodeo Club Fund-Raiser Held In Yankton Aug 31, 2005
    South Dakota State University's rodeo club won't miss the dollars it lost after taking a stand against its former sponsor, US Smokeless Tobacco Co. ...
    - Yankton Daily Press

    South Dakota State just says no Aug 31, 2005
    South Dakota State's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor -- and gave up valuable scholarship money along with it. ...
    - Fort Worth Star Telegram

    Seahawks Notebook: Rhodes adjusting to his biggest scare Sep 20, 2005
    ..."Try not to get excited.". There are other things, too. The Copenhagen smokeless tobacco is off limits. Not as many late nights. More sleep. Regular exercise. ...
    - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    London shares lower midmorning; weak miners, US rate rise offsets ... Sep 21, 2005
    ...in BAT were in focus amid reports that Reynolds American -- 42 pct owned by BAT -- is considering acquisitions in the 3.5 bln usd smokeless tobacco market. ...
    - Forbes

    Teen Illicit Drug Use Dropped in 2004 Sep 8, 2005
    About a quarter of people aged 12 and older smoked cigarettes. Cigar use held steady. Smokeless tobacco use dropped from 3.3 percent to 3 percent. ...
    - FOX News

    Youth Drug Use Continues to Decline Sep 8, 2005
    Past month use of cigarettes decreased from 26.0 to 24.9 percent, while past month smokeless tobacco use decreased from 3.3 to 3.0 percent between 2002 and 2004 ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Gretchen Wilson To Stop Flashing Tobacco Can At Concerts Aug 30, 2005
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Gretchen Wilson won't flash her can of smokeless tobacco anymore, while singing her song "Skoal Ring" in concert. ...
    - Champlain Channel.com

    SMOKING WILSON AGREES TO KEEP THE TOBACCO IN HER POCKET Aug 30, 2005
    LATEST: Country star GRETCHEN WILSON has agreed to keep her smokeless tobacco in her pocket when she performs new tune SKOAL RING after upsetting Tennessee ...
    - Contactmusic.com

    Ain't got no mo' love for hard-drinkin', tobacco-lovin' women Sep 1, 2005
    She was chastised the other day by the Tennessee state attorney general for waving a can of smokeless tobacco proudly on stage at the end of her new song ...
    - Fairfield Daily Republic

    The buzz: Error by Governor's Office tangles party line Sep 20, 2005
    Current entries making the e-mail rounds include the Chu-Baca-Spitzer Smokeless Tobacco Control Act and the Denham-Bermudez Tasteless Apparel Eradication Act. ...
    - Sacramento Bee

    Quitters wanted Sep 11, 2005
    Distributing free cans of smokeless tobacco and related merchandise on college campuses, with one company even offering prizes to the fraternity that had the ...
    - Norristown Times Herald

    Bail shakes off injury to qualify for nationals Sep 25, 2005
    ...the bull. When the judges added up the markings, Bail had an 87-point ride on the US Smokeless Tobacco Company Scoreboard. "I was ...
    - Rapid City Journal

    Freshmen get advice Sep 15, 2005
    ...from the Northeast Colorado Health Department told students about tobacco use including how smoking, second hand smoke and smokeless tobacco affect the body. ...
    - Journal-Advocate

    Updates, advisories and surprises Sep 7, 2005
    ...than last year. UST's revised forecast is based on lower-than-expected shipments of moist smokeless tobacco products. UST Chairman ...
    - Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

    City offers free program to help stay tobacco free Sep 7, 2005
    A free program open to the public and designed to help smokers and smokeless tobacco users quit begins Sept. 15, said spokesman ...
    - Victoria Advocate

    VOICE youth promote staying smoke free Sep 8, 2005
    ...effects the body, including a demonstration of “Mr. Dip Lip,� a model of the human mouth depicting oral cancer and ulcerations from smokeless tobacco usage ...
    - Mooresville / Decatur Times

    Local Briefs Sep 7, 2005
    Grasbeck's new position is chief executive of BAT's global smokeless-tobacco business. He was named chief executive of Lane in August 2003. ...
    - Winston-Salem Journal

    MMHC to be tobacco free Sep 11, 2005
    The no smoking policy will apply to everyone on hospital property. The ban will include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, snuff, smokeless tobacco and herbal tobacco. ...
    - Daily Ardmoreite

    Time to Spit Out Today's Cancerous Role Models for Kids Sep 10, 2005
    ...breast cancer. Smokeless tobacco, a more glamorized, if shocking, form of ingesting tobacco, will only continue this trend. This ...
    - Bremerton Sun

    In Daunting Debut, Orton Keeps Bears in Game Sep 11, 2005
    So it was that Orton sat near his locker after the game, relaxing with a large chew of smokeless tobacco in his mouth, and accepting congratulatory handshakes ...
    - Washington Post

    News Corp. to Buy IGN Entertainment Sep 8, 2005
    S&P cut its estimate but maintained its hold opinion on the smokeless tobacco and wine maker. Dave & Buster's (DAB ) posted a 9 cent second quarter loss vs. ...
    - BusinessWeek

    Finding a reliable QB key for Mountaineers Sep 1, 2005
    It's not just the smokeless tobacco rule around the locker room, it's West Virginia's goal this football season. If the Mountaineers ...
    - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    Wilson put quick stop to spat over Skoal Aug 31, 2005
    ...bus, brandishing a letter from Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers, in which he fussed at the Redneck Woman for waving a Skoal smokeless tobacco can onstage ...
    - The Tennessean

    Threshermen's Reunion opens Sep 1, 2005
    Nearby where Schott was working was a Skinner Uniform Steam Engine donated to the Central States Threshermen's Reunion by US Smokeless Tobacco at Nashville ...
    - Pontiac Daily Leader

    USI sets smoking limits Aug 31, 2005
    22, the university banned smoking and smokeless tobacco within 30 feet of building entrances, exits, enclosed walkways, open windows and ventilation systems of ...
    - Shield (subscription)

    Geoff Oldfather: Progress yet to be made against teen drug abuse Sep 7, 2005
    ...in 2004. During the same period, the use of smokeless tobacco dropped by 40 percent, from 6.7 percent to 4.0 percent. Cigarette ...
    - Stuart News (subscription)

    On the Agenda Sep 13, 2005
    Greenwich Chamber of Commerce luncheon program, with Murray Kessler of US Smokeless Tobacco, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm, The Field Club of Greenwich, 276 Lake Ave ...
    - Fairfield County Business Journal

    Wilson a welcome voice in country music Sep 8, 2005
    He chided Wilson for promoting the use of smokeless tobacco when she would pull out a can of Skoal during her shows. She has stopped doing that.
    - Newark Star Ledger

    Gary vs. Gary Aug 31, 2005
    Paul Summers’ staff members went to a Gretchen Wilson concert with two 15-year-olds in tow and saw the singer flash a can of Skoal smokeless tobacco to the ...
    - Nashville Scene

    Officials have no plans for changing smoking policies Aug 30, 2005
    Miss campus and funded by the Partnership For a Healthy Mississippi, offers a free program to help anyone interested in quitting smoking or smokeless tobacco. ...
    - Daily Mississippian

    Palio Adds Staff Sep 13, 2005
    Lomanto holds a bachelor¹s degree in fine arts from The College of Saint Rose. Madden-Lovering comes to Palio from US Smokeless Tobacco Co. ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    New album Highland Steer has Alberta's Corb Lund bridging town ... Aug 31, 2005
    ...some kind of potion or magical dust that helped them control these animals. "It was Copenhagen" - the brand of smokeless tobacco.
    - Canoe.ca

    Crandon readies itself for brawl for it all Aug 30, 2005
    Lights Casino, Indian Springs Lodge, Coca-Cola, Mastercraft Race Products, Miller Electric Welders, Red Bull, Baumgart Tire, US Smokeless Tobacco Brands, Snap ...
    - WhoWon.com




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