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Penberthy: Big tobacco's social cost

Penberthy: Big tobacco's social cost

They argue that cigarettes are a legal product, smoking is a matter of choice and that when it comes to telling us how we can live our lives, the nanny state can go stick it in its pipe and smoke it. This is all fine, up to a point. And that point is...

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State fails kids on tobacco

Though Texas is collecting about $1.9 billion a year from cigarette taxes and its big tobacco settlement, it is using only a tiny portion on programs to prevent youth smoking, a new study found. Texas ranked 39th in the study among states in paying for...

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Tobacco Monopoly rethinks Rojana plan

Tobacco Monopoly rethinks Rojana plan

The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) is reconsidering its plan to build a second tobacco production plant worth 20 billion baht at Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya for fear of inundation, says Deputy Finance Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom. Mr Boonsong,...

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