Tobacco News

Lorillard Urges FDA to Review Testimony on Menthol
BusinessWeek
Leonard Jones, Lorillard's director of direct marketing and marketing research, will testify after the panel asked tobacco companies in March to provide ...

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Mayor Menino and HHS Secretary Sebelius Highlight New Obesity and Tobacco ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
... Putting Prevention to Work,'' a national initiative to address two leading causes of premature death and disability - obesity and tobacco use. ...

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Lowest Beta in the Tobacco Industry Detected in Shares of Lorillard (LO, MO ...
Comtex Smartrend
Below are the top five companies in the Tobacco industry as measured by beta. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore ...
Top 5 Companies in the Tobacco Industry With the Lowest Relative Performance ...Comtex Smartrend

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Daily Mail
Fake vodka and tobacco producer from Totteridge jailed for 12 years
Times-Series
In north London, the gang used “sophisticated equipment” to produce more than 9.5 tonnes of counterfeit hand rolling tobacco, at a rate of 100 pouches per ...
Moonshine vodka and tobacco gang cost Treasury £10m in revenueMetro
Jail for Gwent men in fake vodka gangSouth Wales Argus
Fraud gang ringleader is jailedThe Press Association
Independent Online -allvoices
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Irish Independent
2009 a significant year for tobacco control
Irish Health
Last year was a 'very significant year' for tobacco control in Ireland, however continued strong leadership on this issue is needed if smoking rates are to ...
Stores can help curtail smokingThe Journal News | LoHud.com
19 found guilty of flouting workplace smoking banIrish Times
'Sting' shows a third of under-18s bought cigarettesIrish Independent
Charlottetown, The Guardian -The Press Association
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City, county consider tobacco ban
Austin News
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city of Austin and Travis County are using federal grant money to decrease tobacco use in Central Texas. They are also considering a ban ...
Smoking Tobacco and HIVTheBody.com
Survey asks Branson businesses what their smoking policies areNews-Leader.com
Black Female Teens Lead Peers in Quitting CigarettesBlack Voice News
Tampabay.com -The Coloradoan -Columbia Missourian
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New York Daily News (blog)
Tobacco Industry Tells Mayor To Put This In His Pipe And Smoke It »
New York Daily News (blog)
Now tobacco's in a tizzy, partly because of a Bloomberg talking about people littering the beaches with butts. “There already are littering laws that take ...

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
ATF agent sentenced in visa scam
San Antonio Express
A former Texas agent with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has received two years of ...
ATF Recovers More Than 1000 Guns In Mesa RaidKPHO Phoenix
ATF seizes guns in raid of East Mesa homeAZ Central.com
ATF seizes 1000 guns in East Mesa raidKSWT-TV
AZFamily -KTAR.com -Arizona Republic
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MyFox Houston
12 Longview retailers sell tobacco during sting
KETK
By Longview Police Department On July 9, 2010, the Longview Police Department conducted a tobacco sting to test the compliance of Longview area tobacco ...
Vice: supply and demandNews-Journal.com
Dozen retailers cited in Longview tobacco stingDallas Morning News

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Goal for High School Smoking Is Unmet
New York Times
One-third of high school smokers are expected to die prematurely of tobacco-related disease, said Mr. Pechacek, the associate director for science in the ...
1 out of 5 US teens smoke: surveyInternational Business Times
Slowdown in rate of US teens who shun smoking: studyAFP
Cigarette use among high school students slowly declinesPediatric SuperSite
RTT News -Health News - HealthCanal.com -WebMD
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Cayman Net News
E-cigarettes take the tobacco out of smoking
The Kingston Whig-Standard
or ecigarettes -- look like real cigarettes, but they don't burn tobacco. Instead, they produce a warm mist that contains nicotine and when exhaled, ...
Trademark attorney: Tobacco companies have no case on plain packagingCrikey
Australia proposes selling cigarettes in plain packagesLos Angeles Times (blog)
Cigarettes should be sold in plain packaging: CharityWebMD.Boots.com
KING5.com -PR-inside.com (press release) -Cayman Net News
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City Hall Watch: Tobacco-sales ban rejected
San Francisco Examiner
A proposal to ban the sale of tobacco products within 1000 feet of schools was snuffed out Tuesday and sent back to the drawing board. ...

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Black Kids Suffer More from Prenatal Tobacco Exposure, Study Suggests
JoinTogether.org
Low-level prenatal tobacco exposure was "associated with deficits in both motor and cognitive development, but only for black children," said Kimberly ...
African-American Infants At Increased Risk From Tobacco Smoke ExposureMedical News Today (press release)
Use of Antidepressants, Nicotine in Pregnancy Linked to Childhood DifficultiesMedscape

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WSIL TV
Quinn talks tobacco tax hike, lawmakers balk
Bloomington Pantagraph
Lawmakers representing border districts say higher tobacco taxes would push local citizens to neighboring states to purchase cheaper smokes. ...
Supporters still short on cigarette tax increasePeoria Journal Star
Supporters still short on Illinois cigarette tax increaseRockford Register Star

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New York Times (blog)
Impact of the PACT Act
CSNews Online
May 03, 2010 - NEW YORK -- It's been a long time coming, but on March 31, President Obama ...
New Bold Warnings on Tobacco AdsNew York Times (blog)
Dispatch: Warning: Warnings Can Be DeceivingAmerican Council on Science and Health

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PAS: Mental Illness Linked to Tobacco Exposure in Womb
MedPage Today
VANCOUVER -- Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke may increase the risk of psychiatric disorders later in life, a Finnish researcher said here. ...

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Lynch tobacco tax hike derails in committee
The Union Leader
Store owners along the border said the tax hike would hurt their sales not only of tobacco but other projects in stores such as lottery tickets, ...
House panel endorsing tax increases to erase $220m deficitNashua Telegraph

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Gov. Patterson proposes tobacco tax increase
Examiner.com
As part of his $620 million budget gap closing plan, Governor David Patterson has proposed yet another tax increase on tobacco products . ...
Philadelphia City Council Hearing on Tobacco Tax Hike PostponedAmericans for Tax Reform
Rendell Renews Call For Tax Hikes As Budget Gap Passes $1 BillionKYW1060.com

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The F1 Times
Ferrari dismiss tobacco claims as 'ridiculous'
CNN International
(CNN) -- Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has dismissed claims that his team's cars carry subliminal tobacco advertising as "ridiculous. ...
Ferrari boss hits backThe Press Association
How a Barcode Could Make F-1 Racing Illegal on UK TVmediabistro.com (blog)
Ferrari deny subliminal advertsAutocar
Jalopnik (blog)
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KS Senate drops tobacco tax hike from budget proposal
Kansas City Star
Last week, the Senate Ways and Means Committee endorsed a $434 million tax package that contained a 1-cent state sales tax increase, the tobacco tax hike, ...
Kansas Senate Tosses Cigarette Tax HikeNACS Online
Kansas Senate panel reopens budget talksBusinessWeek
Statehouse Live: Senate committee downsizes proposed tax increaseLawrence Journal World
Kansas.com -Pittsburg Morning Sun -Topeka Capital Journal
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