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K2Smokes wants you to know about the history of smoking part III 2003 New York City bans smoking in all public places (31 March). Advertising and promotion of tobacco banned in UK. 2002 British Medical Association claims there is 'no safe level of environmental tobacco smoke'. UK Government forced to increase cross-Channel shopping guidelines from 800 to 3,200 cigarettes per person. Greater London Authority Investigative Comittee on Smoking in Public Places calls for more research into passive smoking but declines to recommend further restrictions on smoking in public places. 2000 Jury awards punitive damages of nearly $145bn against five US tobacco companies after a class action in the state of Florida. Canadian health minister introduces graphic warnings on cigarette packs in Canada. Supported by FOREST, cross-Channel shopper Gary Mullen goes to court and wins back 5,000 cigarettes that had been seized by Customs at Dover. 1999 UK hospitality industry introduce Voluntary Charter on Smoking in Public Places. Pubs and restaurants to introduce signs alerting customers to their policy on smoking. First finding for an individual against a tobacco company. Jury in Portland, Oregan, awards family of Jesse Williams $81m against Philip Morris in punitive damages plus $821,485 in compensatory damages. Judge later reduces the punitive damages to $32 million and was then reinstated in 2002. Two tobacco companies cleared of wrongdoing in the death of a smoker from lung cancer by a Louisiana jury. UK Health and Safety Commission publishes draft Approved Code of Practice on Smoking at Work. Recommends, as a first option, that companies ban smoking at work, but admits that proving a link between between passive smoking and ill health would be difficult 'give the state of the scientific evidence'. (When the final version is published in 2000, the Government declines to implement it.) 1998 46 US states embrace $206bn settlement with cigarette makers over health costs for treating sick smokers. Tobacco executives testify before Congress that nicotine is addictive under current definitions of the word and that smoking may cause cancer. 1997 Federal judge rules that US Government can regulate tobacco as a drug. Check back with us as we update and show different facts of the history of smoking tobacco. if you wish to contact us click here. |
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