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As more of the nation's cities—including Boise—institute public bans of smoking, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that fewer Americans are lighting up cigarettes. But in spite of cigarette use declining sharply. the...

TOBACCO retailers in Bahrain will this week start importing cigarette packets with graphic warnings about the dangers of smoking. They have also been given six months to get rid of their existing stock as part of GCC-wide efforts to combat the use of...

Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. says its net income fell 2.4 percent in the second quarter as higher prices couldn't offset a decline in the number of cigarettes sold. The nation's third-biggest tobacco company said Wednesday it earned $284 million, or...

A foreigner was arrested in an attempt to smuggle an assortment of contraband cigarettes and liquor into the country under Ops Tapis. A police team from Limbang Narcotics Crime Investigation conducted the operation on Friday. Limbang District Police chief,...

Earnings season for Big Tobacco has come and gone once more and the results were generally mediocre. Has the industry lost its ability to grow? Not enough that it’s in danger of losing its top billing as a dividend darling. Analyzing the quarterly earnings...

Tobacco use among Arlington youth is down and alcohol use is flat, but the use of marijuana is rising, according to a new countywide survey. Forty-seven percent of 12th-graders surveyed had used marijuana in the previous year, according to figures reported...

ALEC brings together corporate lobbyists and right-wing politicians behind closed doors to craft, amend and vote on ALEC "model" bills, which are then introduced in statehouses across the land stripped of their ALEC origin. According to an agenda obtained...

Smokeless tobacco is making a comeback. Gone are the days of the small circular tin holding chewing tobacco or dip. Now there are new-shaped tins, similar to an Altoid mint box, that contain nicotine-filled “mints” that are being marketed towards the...

A lawyer representing Snoop Dogg says the American rapper has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount of marijuana last month. Holger Hagesaeter, the rapper's legal representative in Norway,...

WITH a new secondhand smoke law pending, Santa Monica's apartment houses and condominiums should display signs saying either "CAUTION! SMOKERS HEREIN!" or "CAUTION! NEIGHBORS HEREIN!" depending on your point of view. On July 10, the City Council approved...