As governor of Wisconsin, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tommy G. Thompson received more than $70,000 in campaign donations from the Philip Morris Cos. in the past seven years, and ...

IT IS A telling reflection of the Bush administration's failure to address the problem of tobacco that Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson had to temper his public embrace of tobacco ...

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, releasing a surgeon general’s report describing the grim toll that smoking has taken on women, said Tuesday that he personally ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Bush's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services has visited three continents at the expense of a major tobacco company, including a trip to ...

Meanwhile, Thompson, already "chided" by the White House for remarks he made last month about allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco, "repeat[ed] his own opinion" yesterday -- "much to the delight" of ...

Thompson has been "criticized" for delaying Wisconsin's participation in the landmark national lawsuit against tobacco companies, and after the lawsuit was settled, Thompson proposed spending only $5 ...

President Clinton's recently announced plans to restrict tobacco advertising seen by teen-agers and to have nicotine classified as a drug, have left many tobacco farmers fearing that their farming ...

Joseph Roosevelt Thompson, 75, Port Tobacco Joseph Roosevelt Thompson, 75, of Port Tobacco died April 18, 2012, at home. Born June 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Joseph P. Thompson and the late ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A study by the American Lung Association shows that tobacco control in South Carolina is poor and in dire need of improvements. Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A shocking new report from The American Lung Association shows North Carolina is falling behind on ways to prevent and improve tobacco use. After the report was released ...

Charlotte Thompson, 74, Port Tobacco Charlotte “Faye” Thompson, 74, of Port Tobacco died May 25, 2012, at Civista Medical Center, La Plata. Born May 6, 1938, in Chatham Hill, Va., she was the daughter ...