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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...

The number of people caught smuggling untaxed cigarettes into Maryland is on the rise, and it's costing the state hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost tax revenue, authorities say. "If they can buy them in Virginia or the Carolinas for $5 a pack,...

US health regulators said tobacco companies must report how much formaldehyde, nicotine or any of the 18 other harmful chemicals are in their products, as part of a larger government effort to regulate the tobacco industry. Another draft rule places limits...

t Arena developers aren't saying how much tobacco tax money will help build the development around Allentown's hockey arena complex, but they admit it's so much money that the cigarette-selling wholesale company generating it is forbidden from ever leaving...

A 48-year-old man was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, in the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (March 26) for assaulting a Tobacco Control Inspector (TCI). He was also fined $1,000 each for obstruction of TCIs in the...

Tobacco is not only for smoking but this versatile crop has other beneficial uses and industrial products which could generate employment and livelihood. According to Administrator Edgardo Zaragoza of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA), the environment-friendly...

There must be a lot of confusion about the never-ending push for a stronger smoking ban. Just think about the head-spinning developments of the past few months: In December, City-County Council Democrats killed a nearly comprehensive local ban because...

AN anti-smoking group has criticised a New Zealand factory for taking on a contract to supply cigarettes to Australia. Imperial Tobacco's Petone factory is quadrupling its exports to Australia, adding 50 manufacturing jobs and completing a two-year, $NZ45...

An unexpected payoff for state government comes with the Affordable Care Act -- about $46 million a year in tobacco tax money with no home. Known as "Obamacare" to its opponents, the federal health care law is designed to make sure nearly all Americans...