Philip Morris to reopen York plant Daily Press
The cigarette-maker will create 75 jobs but didn't say what will be made there. Philip Morris USA will spend up to $100 million and create 75 new jobs next year when it reopens a facility in York County it shut down in 2004.
Merkel, State Leaders to Draw Up Smoking-Ban Proposals by March Bloomberg.com
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of the country's 16 states agreed to draft by March 2007 proposals for regional legislation to outlaw smoking in restaurants, schools and other public places.
The Sentinel The Sentinel
PITTSBURGH — Former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican who oversaw tax increases to finance social programs and later pushed for the decriminalization of marijuana, died Tuesday, He was 89.
Smokers who cut back on cigarettes may negate benefit through "compensatory smoking" EurekAlert!
PHILADELPHIA – Heavy smokers who have reduced their number of daily cigarettes still experience significantly greater exposure to toxins per cigarette than light smokers, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota.
Vaclav Who? Oh Yeah, the President Guy Who?s Reviving His Artistic Side New York Times
Lectures, memoirs and a new play are occupying the life of Vaclav Havel, the former dissident, political figure and playwright.
Former Pa. Gov. Raymond Shafer dies phillyburbs.com
PITTSBURGH - Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican who formed the mechanics of Pennsylvania's government but couldn't solve its huge financial woes as governor from 1967 to 1971, died Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer dies at 89 The York Dispatch
PITTSBURGH -- Former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican who oversaw tax increases to finance social programs and later led a commission that recommended the decriminalization of marijuana, died yesterday.
What really happened at Harmondsworth? Guardian Unlimited
Paul Lewis and Matthew Taylor track down detainees at Britain's biggest detention centre.
The Sentinel The Sentinel
PITTSBURGH - Former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican who oversaw tax increases to finance social programs and later led a commission that recommended the decriminalization of marijuana, died Tuesday.
Former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer dies at 89 The Morning Call
Pennsylvania's leader from 1967-71 revamped state constitution. | Former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, a Republican who oversaw tax increases to finance social programs and later pushed for the decriminalization of marijuana, died Tuesday. He was 89.
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