1.   And, tobacco stocks, which rose modestly Wednesday, may rise higher Thursday because the Senate voted to reject a tobacco bill aimed at curbing smoking.

2.   As for public controversies, Drazen says he shares the passion of Angell and other predecessors for curbing smoking, but is far less critical of alternative medicine.

3.   A group of ethnic minority House members introduced legislation aimed at curbing smoking in minority communities.

4.   He has also said that the agreement must meet his goal of curbing smoking by teenagers.

5.   Mochizuki-Kobayashi has tried to calculate how higher taxes on cigarettes, one method of curbing smoking, would affect the economy.

6.   The WHO, which has made curbing smoking a priority, rejects that approach.

7.   Nakajima said higher taxes on cigarettes had proven successful in some countries in curbing smoking, and he urged a ban on tobacco promotion.

8.   While a number of European countries have had some success in curbing smoking among adults, a rising number of young have taken up the habit.