The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating suspects involved in a burglary. According to an incident report, around 2:30 a.m. deputies responded to an alarm activation call at Sand Mountain Grocery located...

NJOY, America's most popular marlboro cigarette brand, announced today that it has received a $20 million investment from Catterton Partners, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm. The investment, which is being made by Catterton Growth Partners,...

COUNTERFEIT cigarettes and illegal tobacco have been seized in a major operation by Swindon Council and Wiltshire police. Around 340 cigarettes and 400g of tobacco were found during the raids on four stores in Manchester Road this morning. The operation,...

The commonwealth says its plain tobacco packaging law is just an extension of long-running regulation of tobacco products. In the High Court on Wednesday, Commonwealth Solicitor-General Stephen Gageler SC said the laws which passed late last year were...

Three of the biggest U.S. tobacco companies said on Monday they have paid a total of $6.5 billion this year to U.S. states, unchanged from 2011, under a 1998 national accord that obliges companies to help cover the health bills of ailing smokers. Altria's...

--Strengthening of dollar against the yen and euro leads Philip Morris to trim full-year view --Philip Morris retaining customers in Japan even as market conditions in that region normalize --Spent $1.5 billion to repurchase 18.1 million shares in the...

The Bourne Board of Health this week frowned on a county recommendation that the sale of tobacco products be banned in health-care facilities, notably pharmacies. Cape Cod Tobacco Control Director Robert Collett of Monument Beach said towns on and off...

Almost 50 years after the first surgeon general's report on the dangers of tobacco, the latest edition focuses on the risks to teenagers and young adults. Cheryl Perry, a professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health and regional dean of...

Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the latest US rules designed to tighten regulation of the tobacco industry. The preliminary guidance issued on Friday by...

Lawyers for Philip Morris say that plaintiffs' arguments for reinstating a landmark $10.1 billion judgment arising out of a Madison County, Ill., court have not come close to showing and "cannot show" they meet any of the requirements for relief. The...