So it is more likely that the battle over tobacco will live on this year only as an issue in the fall campaign.

And they agreed to allow the Government regulatory authority over tobacco and nicotine.

But any echoes of the battles over tobacco must be taken seriously, brand consultants said.

Now a historian and a smoking opponent, he says the battle over tobacco is over.

(For an earlier look at the spin war over tobacco, click here.)

The legal moves last week added spice to what was already a large legal stew over tobacco.

But the most intense fights over tobacco now seem to be over the issue of outdoor smoking.

Much has changed over the last three years in the fight over tobacco.

Our state's historic victory over big tobacco is placed in serious jeopardy.

The proposal is part of a plan to end most legal and regulatory conflict over tobacco.