1.   But since the start of the year the giant Boston money manager has been significantly cutting back its tobacco holding.

2.   In April, Maryland said it was selling its tobacco holdings because of its concern about pending litigation.

3.   It is also an attempt by McCall to allay the concerns of anti-tobacco groups, which have been pressuring the state to divest itself of tobacco holdings.

4.   Kirk Kerkorian is goading Chrysler to sell out to him, while Carl Icahn has teamed up with Bennett LeBow to prod RJR Nabisco into selling its tobacco holdings.

5.   Neither the Missouri nor the Kansas state pension fund has sold its tobacco company holdings.

6.   Now, the Protestant Episcopal Church wants Columbia to divest its tobacco holdings as some other major health-care institutions have.

7.   Only three other states have sold some or all of their tobacco holdings.

8.   Other public health organizations, including the American Heart and Lung Associations, and universities including Harvard and Johns Hopkins, have also sold their tobacco holdings.

9.   Other public health organizations, including the American Heart and Lung Associations, and universities such as Harvard and Johns Hopkins, have sold their tobacco holdings.

10.   Only two states have sold their tobacco holdings.