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[Argentina, Delaware] Tobacco Class Action

Dozens of Argentinean tobacco workers claim their children suffered birth defects because Altria and other Big Tobacco companies sprayed their crops with toxic chemicals made by Monsanto, in Superior Court.
Courthouse News
added Oct 29, 2012 14:15
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[Delaware] In a puff, county smoking restriction is gone

All it took was an invitation to Chief Adminisrative Officer David Grimaldi to go outside for a cigarette, and the New Castle County outdoor smoking ban disappeared like a puff into thin air. Grimaldi, who is three weeks into his new county job, cancele
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added Nov 29, 2012 16:41
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[Argentina, Delaware] CHALAƑUK and TERESCHUK v. MONSANTO, PHILIP MORRIS (PDF)

Argentine farmers sue in Delaware court for birth defects from pesticides
Tobacco On Trial
added Apr 16, 2012 00:00
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[Delaware] EDITORIAL: Smoking ban is 10 years old

If there are lessons to ponder on this 10th anniversary, then among them should be these: * Doomsday predictions do not always come to pass. * Societal expectations can help shape individual perceptions and behaviors. But we already knew this, didn't w
DelmarvaNow.com
added Dec 5, 2012 13:08
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[Delaware, Maryland, New York] Alleged cigarette smuggling site quiet Friday

That's the warehouse space at 27515 Hodges Lane that New York authorities allege was central to Basel Ramadan's multi-million-dollar-generating cigarette smuggling operation. It's exactly 23 miles from Ramadan's home in the Oyster Harbor neighborhood of
DelmarvaNow.com
added May 18, 2013 11:26
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[Delaware] Veterans given an exception on smoking ban

Smoking will cease in all state buildings and campuses come Tuesday. With one exception: the Delaware Veterans Home in Milford.
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added Dec 31, 2012 09:35
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[Delaware] LETTER: County official sending wrong smoking message

I couldn't believe my eyes when reading the front page announcing, "In a puff, county smoking restriction is gone." This decision by New Castle County official David Grimaldi concerns me. Unlike Mr. Grimaldi, I have never seen a study that shows that sm
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added Dec 10, 2012 03:04
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[Delaware] LANDGRAF/BROWN: Ten years later, smoking ban pays for state

By discouraging the social acceptance of tobacco, the Clean Indoor Air Act helped reduce smoking levels among Delaware's youth fall to all-time lows. . . . There is still work to be done. In our personal lives, we should create smoke-free zones, such as
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added Nov 27, 2012 06:56
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[Delaware] Investigators: Smoking started Md. fire that left woman severely burned

Laurie A. Brown, 49, was found last Thursday by her mother on the porch of her burning home in the first block of Otter Point Road. She remains at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital for treatment of severe leg burns, listed last night in critical condition
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
added Mar 27, 2013 09:25
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[Delaware] As of Jan. 1, Beebe will not hire tobacco users

LEWES -- Those who hope to be employed by Beebe Medical Center must be nicotine free starting Jan. 1. The hospital announced it will no longer hire applicants -- including contractors, travelers and consultants -- who use tobacco. That includes cigarette
DelmarvaNow.com
added Jan 1, 2013 11:57
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