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In-your-face ads for cigarettes across from school have angered public official
Outrage and action have resulted following a story that drew attention to a row of low-hanging cigarette advertisements sited across the street from a South Shore school building. Last Wednesday, the Advance reported that a number of cigarette ads were...
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Can Our Experience With Tobacco and Alcohol Teach Us How to Protect Children From Pot if Marijuana Is Legalized?
This is according to a landmark, 30-year study released just two weeks ago. It proves the adage, They don't call it dope for nothing. This is a study we should all pay attention to, especially parents, educators, and business leaders concerned about the...
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Philip Morris 1Q Net Rises 13% On Higher Volume
--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...
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Save Human Lives And Not The Tobacco Industry
Kudos to Justice Amar Saran and Justice Anuraag Kumar of the Allahabad High Court for issuing strong warnings to the Uttar Pradesh government to ban gutkha (paan masala mixed with tobacco), on a public interest litigation filed by the Indian Dental Association,...
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Senate under mandate to end smoking debate
You can buy pall mall cigarettes online for cheap price. Nearly three years after the University Senate began debating a smoking policy change, discussion of a full ban has been referred back to External Relations and Research Policy Committee—with a...
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Smuggling costs tobacco industry jobs
At least 15 000 jobs have been lost over the last 10 years due to the smuggling of contraband cigarettes, the Tobacco Industry of Southern Africa (Tisa) has said. The illegal trade of cigarettes was crippling the industry as they were sold at lower prices...
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Cigarette tax hangs on uncounted ballots
The votes are all in for the California primary, but many remained uncounted Wednesday, leaving some races still up in the air, notably the statewide question on whether to increase the tax on tobacco to fund cancer research. With more voters casting...
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Tobacco board expects 10% rise in exports
The Tobacco Board, which regulates production of the commodity with regard to the domestic and export markets, expects a 10 per cent rise in the export of tobacco and tobacco products in the current financial year. "This year, there is an increase in...
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Young patients beg selfish smokers to chuck habit outside hospital
PATIENTS at a children’s hospital have started their own campaign to stop smokers lighting up outside their wards. The youngsters at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow – some suffering from fatal illnesses – have designed new “no smoking”...
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Indy should pass smoking ban and be done with it
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...
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Tips from neighbors lead to large marijuana discovery
A man out on bond for trafficking in marijuana has been arrested again after 38 pounds of marijuana were found Monday at a house in Gadsden. Kerry Montel Jackson, 37, is being held on a $500,000 cash bond after the drugs were found at a house on Red Oak...
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Electronic Cigarettes Banned Inside RivCo Buildings
Inland Empire smokers trying to kick the habit with so-called electronic cigarettes will have to do so outdoors, thanks to an approved ban by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Conventional cigarettes have been prohibited for years inside every...
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Cigarette packaging smokes Product of the Year Award competition
The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Unifoil Corp., Fairfield, New Jersey, for a series of cartons for Camel Menthol, Camel Bold and Camel Crush cigarettes from RJR Tobacco,...
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Nicolites Electronic Cigarettes Announce Recycling Scheme
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) was introduced into UK law by the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Regulations 2006. The WEEE Directive aimed to reduce the amount of electrical and electronic equipment...
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SD prison tobacco ban curbs religion rights
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the South Dakota prison system's ban on tobacco in religious ceremonies substantially burdens Native American inmates' religious rights. Chief Judge Karen Schreier ruled that even if state officials had asserted a...
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Richmond store break-in targets only cigarettes
ci Thousands of dollars' worth of cigarettes were stolen recently from a Main Street convenience store, police said Thursday. Police Chief Scott MacMaster said about 300 cartons of cigarettes were taken during the July 13 break-in at Gary's Quick Stop....
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Outdoor smoking ban moves ahead
CONTROVERSIAL plans to ban smoking from Blackpool parks are set to go before councillors next week. Blackpool’s executive committee is being recommended to approve the designation of community parks across the town as smoke-free zones. If the policy is...
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Cigarette Bandit Smashes Window
Deputies in Walker County are looking for a man who pulled off a smash and grab at at convenience store. It happened early Sunday morning in Flintstone, Georgia and two things stick out about this crime: a large rock used to smash a front window and the...
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Lansdale Park Tobacco Ban Moving Forward
Lansdale officials are preparing an ordinance that would create tobacco-free zones in parks. Borough Council Member Mary Fuller says it will apply in areas where children gather and play. “Playgrounds, tot lots, swimming pools, ballfields, and we’ll be...
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Enjoy a Legal Smoke in a New York City Park
Cigarettes blog, click here to read articles and news. For the second straight year, Bill Paley, owner of La Palina Cigars, and the Cigar Rights of America are inviting all cigar enthusiasts to light up and protest New York City’s public parks smoking...
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Cigarette Tax Hike Leads to Historic Drop in Smoking
A federal tobacco tax hike signed by President Obama just days after he took office in 2009 has resulted in a historic drop in cigarette smokers, according to new analysis by USA Today. The newspaper, citing surveys by the Centers for Disease Control...
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Tobacco Industry Squashes Village’s Ordinance
Buy marlboro cigarettes for cheap price and worldwide shipping. On the heels of a lawsuit by seven tobacco companies and the New York Association of Convenience Stores, the Village of Haverstraw has scheduled a public hearing to rescind a first-of-its-kind...
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Big Tobacco Strikes Out in Q2
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...
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Shisha smoking penetrating in varsities
In Pakistani universities 38.70 per cent male students are shisha smokers who smoke for the sake of removing frustration,24.10 per cent for pleasure, 16.20 per cent to gain attention of opposite gender, 12.90 per cent for passing leisure time and 8.06...
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Cigarette maker Lorillard 2Q profit falls
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...