<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Tobacco</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><description>Tobacco</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Smoke in Their Eyes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8063-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8063-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite overwhelming evidence that smoking kills, 46 million still do it. What are they thinking? The question is put to smokers.]]></description><author> Jennifer Huget</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoke Gets in the Carpet and the Curtains . . .]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Smoking smells are hard to eliminate. Some expert suggestions.]]></description><author> Cheryl Kenny</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Smoking Issue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39850-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39850-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You don't smoke but your house guests do; what do you tell them?]]></description><author> Jura Koncius</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning a Corner]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30404-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30404-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A<em>black man in a black sweater orchestrates a flock of black birds loitering along 14th Street NW.</em>]]></description><author> DeNeen L. Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Tobacco Control Pact Takes Effect]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56467-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56467-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The world's first tobacco control treaty will go into effect today, requiring ratified nations to impose a ban on tobacco advertising, to place graphic health warnings on cigarette packs, to take measures to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and to increase  the cost of tobacco products.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINDINGS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45573-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45573-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Hormones and Incontinence <br>Hormone therapy, long used to treat urinary incontinence in menopausal women, may make the problem worse, according to a study being published today.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tobacco Penalty Nixed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63833-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63833-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court Friday rejected the government's attempt to recover $280 billion from tobacco companies, even if the Department of Justice prevails in its suit that the companies defrauded and misled the American public.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Approves Smoking Ban]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61820-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61820-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Senate committee voted narrowly Thursday to ban smoking in virtually all of Virginia's public buildings, including restaurants, in an effort to protect people from the effects of secondhand smoke.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINDINGS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62152-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62152-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Rheumatoid Arthritis  Linked to Heart Disease <br>Rheumatoid arthritis seems to raise the risk of silent heart disease in patients -- even before they know they have the chronic condition, researchers said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban on Smoking  In San Francisco Parks Advances]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36543-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36543-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25 -- City legislators voted 8 to 3 to ban smoking in public parks Tuesday, making San Francisco the first major U.S. city to embrace such an expansive ban on tobacco use.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vesuvius, Plugged]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61796-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61796-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A cigarette and a cup of coffee are linked in Italian habits about as closely as spaghetti and tomato sauce, so a stiff new smoking ban in public indoor places, including cafes, bars and restaurants, has sparked a serious controversy.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Plight, a Tradition Revived]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A713-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A713-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Samuel Swarey was hauling firewood with a tractor when he saw the black smoke billowing above his father's farm.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow and Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Panel Skeptical About Penalty Sought Against Tobacco Companies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58794-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58794-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A panel of federal appellate judges raised significant doubts yesterday about whether courts can order tobacco companies to forfeit $280 billion in past profits if the government proves they engaged in civil fraud and conspiracy.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21048-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21048-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Court Order to Give Up  Tobacco Memo Reversed <br>A tobacco company facing racketeering and conspiracy charges can continue to try to keep a potentially damaging corporate memo out of the ongoing trial, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Happy Face of a Quitter]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10901-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10901-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tonya Guess' struggle to kick her smoking habit is chronicled for all to see in an online reality campaign.]]></description><author> Jose Antonio Vargas</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP's Burr Is Back to Basics in N.C. Contest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62559-2004Oct25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62559-2004Oct25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The sign on the outside of a tobacco warehouse here proclaims a big "thanks" to Republican  Senate candidate Richard Burr for helping tobacco farmers get a $9.6 billion buyout as part of major legislation passed by Congress this month.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40630-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40630-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the North Carolina race to succeed Sen. John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, both Erskine Bowles (D) and Rep. Richard Burr (R) are angling for advantage from Congress's passage of a buyout for tobacco growers. And Burr is running ads targeting Bowles's former job as chief of staff for President Bill Clinton.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing Pressure to Bear on Cancer Policy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30919-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30919-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The American Cancer Society, which has been bolstering its lobbying capabilities in  recent years, was looking forward to some good news on the Hill. Working with other public health groups and even with some tobacco growers, some ACS folks thought Congress might actually pass the tobacco buyout bill.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Approves $143B Corporate Tax Measure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25407-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25407-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move sends President Bush a 650-page measure that reduces taxes for domestic manufacturers, builders and even Hollywood studios and doles out scores of tax breaks for interests groups.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Blocks FDA Oversight of Tobacco]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24429-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24429-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/socialpolicy/tobacco</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:30:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When the Senate voted 78 to 15 in July to give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate cigarettes, it seemed that health advocates were on the verge of a major legislative coup.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan  and Helen Dewar</author></item></channel></rss>