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Tobacco scientist uproar flares
"We've submitted a letter to the academic body asking them to rethink their choice because the low-tar cigarette Xie has been working on is totally pseudo science," said Xu Guihua, deputy director of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. "They've...
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Reaction mixed on smoking ban ruling
The ruling to uphold the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department's ban on all indoor smoking has prompted opposing reactions. Dick Wittberg, executive director of the health department, said he is pleased with Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Reed's decision...
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Tobacco: Global Industry Guide
Tobacco: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Tobacco industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles...
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Drop in cash spent on tobacco promotions
THE latest federal data shows top tobacco companies in the United States spent less money on advertising and promotion of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products in recent years. Numbers from the Federal Trade Commission show cigarette marketing decreased...
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Troopers uproot marijuana, cite man into court
Kentucky State Police have uprooted more than 100 marijuana plants found growing in the Bluegrass region. Trooper Ronald Turley said the KSP cited Terry Goodpaster into Woodford County District Court after an investigation of 110 marijuana plants led...
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Big tobacco accused of legal trick
THE Gillard government has accused tobacco giant Philip Morris of engaging in corporate restructuring as a ''trick'' to find new legal avenues to challenge plain cigarette packaging laws. The company has launched a multibillion-dollar compensation claim...
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Which Tobacco Company Could Break Up Into Four Pieces?
Philip Morris International (PM), Altria (MO), and Kraft (KFT) - three dominating staples stocks. How kind Altria has been to its shareholders: Not only a strong stock performance by big MO but the welcome addition of the Philip Morris International and...
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"Can Tobacco Cure Smoking?" And Other Highlights Of ALEC's Meeting in Salt Lake
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...
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Smoking-related diseases take up beds
For articles and news visit this link. The study by the Bureau of Health Information has found patients with emphysema and congestive heart failure (CHF) stayed more than 500,000 days in hospital over 12 months in 2009-10. Both diseases are linked to...
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Gunmen rob Pasadena cigarette store
Two gunman robbed a Pasadena cigarette store Sunday, tying up two victims in the rear of the store and making off with $400, two cell phones and 75 cartons of cigarettes, according to Pasadena police. The incident took place around 6:12 p.m. Sunday at...
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Trying to give up for National No Smoking Day?
If you are one of the thousands of smokers who resolved to ditch tobacco on 1 January 2012 but have already succumbed to old habits - do not despair! Wednesday marks UK National No Smoking Day (14 March 2012) and top quality electronic cigarette producers,...
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More teens smoking pot than cigarettes
More teens are saying no to cigarettes, but they're still smoking, turning instead to marijuana. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 23 percent of high school students admitted they smoked pot recently. Only 19 percent said they smoked...
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Free Tobacco Quitline Service Reinstated
The State Department of Health has announced it is again offering free support to all Washington residents who want to quit smoking. Washington State’s free tobacco quitline was eliminated last year due to budget cuts, but new funding has allowed it to...
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U.S. teen pot smoking at all-time high
Daily marijuana use is at a 30-year peak level among U.S. high-school seniors but alcohol use and tobacco smoking is down, a survey indicates. Monitoring the Future, a nationally representative annual survey of eighth- 10th- and 12th-graders conducted...
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Murder trial begins over fatal marijuana deal
Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements today in the murder trial of Andre Powe, the last remaining defendant in the Jan. 26, 2010, shooting death of Shawn West in a Jack in the Box parking lot on Stockton Boulevard. Deputy District...
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Zimbabwe tobacco sales rising slowly
Zimbabwe's tobacco selling season has started, but there are still many challenges facing the industry, as tobacco-farmers hope the sales continue to increase. While the sector is said to be growing again, production is still much lower than 12 years...
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Condo smoking ban goes too far
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...
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Tobacco farmer turns over a new leaf
I wrote in today’s Charleston Daily Mail about the shrinking number of tobacco farmers in West Virginia. Ray Ferguson, one of the farmers I talked to for that story, left the tobacco business about 10 years ago to start growing asparagus. Ferguson’s farm...
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Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system
Authorities may never know why a Florida man viciously attacked and chewed on the face of an older homeless man in Miami last month after lab tests failed to find components of "bath salts" in the system of the assailant, who was killed by police. The...
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Cut tobacco outlets says health advocate
A leading health campaigner says WA could halve its adult smoking rates by slashing the number of retailers licensed to sell tobacco. Health Department figures show almost 4,000 outlets sell cigarettes or tobacco, roughly one for every 450 adults. The...
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Thief Cuts Through Bathroom Ceiling To Steal Cigarettes
Police were working to identify a man who broke into a carryout through a bathroom ceiling. Investigators said that the thief targeted Ziad Hijazin’s Harmon Avenue carryout around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Hijazin said that he thought the two locks on his store’s...
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Foreigner caught smuggling contraband cigarettes and liquor
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,...
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Smokers targeted in new health campaign
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...
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Tobacco plan up in smoke
A forestry student's attempt at growing tobacco went up in smoke in Prebbleton at the weekend. The 25-year-old Canterbury University student had been growing tobacco in a caravan he rented on a property on the corner of Ellesmere Rd and Leadleys Rd. But...
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Health department cites Ford, Iroquois bars over smoking
Two downtown bars were among the nine businesses in Ford and Iroquois counties that were issued citations recently for allowing smoking inside their establishments, according to information obtained by the Paxton Record through the Illinois Freedom of...