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US tightens rules on cigarette chemicals
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...
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APD gives recognition to stores for tobacco compliance
Adrian's Grocery Store received a certificate of recognition for their tobacco compliance in Alice. Three officers from the Alice Police Department presented the owner, Arnoldo Salinas, with the certificate outside of his store. “I'm very pleased by the...
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High-Yielding Imperial Tobacco Boosts Revenue
Imperial Tobacco (ISE: IMT.L) released a positive trading update this morning, with shares up 25 pence, or 1.1%, at the time of writing. Management praised "strong gains from our key strategic brands" -- which include Davidoff, Gauloises Blondes, West...
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Cigarette Tax Hike Leads to Historic Drop in Smoking
Camel cigarettes for cheap price at: camelcigarettes.mypressonline.com 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....
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Sign Tobacco Control bill now, Mamora urges president
What prompted you to sponsor the National Tobacco Control Bill in the Senate? It is out of concern for the welfare of Nigerians in general. I felt as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria then and a medical practitioner, I should take up the challenge....
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Innokin Releases 3 New Disposable Electronic Cigarettes
Apart from the former 400puffs disposable electronic cigarette, Innokin adds three new disposable e cigarettes to the list: Max, Original, Micro and Mini. ---Max. With a battery capacity of 280mah, Max is one of the first disposable e cigarettes that...
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Cigarette labelling finally includes blindness
If there weren't already compelling enough reasons for you to quit smoking, think about the risk to your vision. While it's well-known smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and strokes, up until recently there has been little awareness about the fact...
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Americans Puffing Fewer Cigarettes, More Cigars
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...
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NZ tobacco firm lashed for taking contract to make cigarettes for Australian market
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...
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Woman robs Circle K in Orono of cash, pack of cigarettes
Police are looking for a woman who walked into the Circle K store on Stillwater Avenue early Sunday morning and used a note to demand cash and a pack of cigarettes. At about 1:38 a.m. a woman, described as between 5 feet and 5 feet, 4 inches tall, wearing...
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Snoop Dogg Banned From Norway For 2 Years After Marijuana Bust
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,...
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Big Tobacco pays states $6.5 billion, unchanged from 2011
Three of the biggest U.S. tobacco companies said on Monday they have paid a total of $6.5 billion this year to U.S. states, unchanged from 2011, under a 1998 national accord that obliges companies to help cover the health bills of ailing smokers. Altria's...
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Seneca businessman charged in contraband cigarette case
Federal prosecutors in Missouri have charged a prominent Seneca Nation businessman with making illegal deals to buy nearly $500,000 worth of untaxed cigarettes from an undercover agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. William...
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Stroud shopkeeper pleads guilty to supplying illegal tobacco
A STROUD shopkeeper has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit tobacco after Trading Standards seized more than six thousand illegal cigarettes from his premises. Amratlal Fatania, who runs World Foods in Russell Street, was also found to be in possession...
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Supermarket helps smokers to quit
A campaign to help smokers kick the habit in the new year is being rolled out at a major supermarket chain. Health teams will visit in-store pharmacies at seven Asda supermarkets across Scotland to advise shoppers who want to quit. Customers will be able...
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Fake cigarettes seized in council op
COUNTERFEIT cigarettes and illegal tobacco have been seized in a major operation by Swindon Council and Wiltshire police. Around 340 cigarettes and 400g of tobacco were found during the raids on four stores in Manchester Road this morning. The operation,...
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Plain cigarette packs about health- govt
The commonwealth says its plain tobacco packaging law is just an extension of long-running regulation of tobacco products. In the High Court on Wednesday, Commonwealth Solicitor-General Stephen Gageler SC said the laws which passed late last year were...
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Tobacco Use Down, Marijuana Use Up Among Local Teens
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...
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Schools to be tobacco free starting July 1
Cigarettes and other tobacco products will be prohibited on Jefferson County Public Schools property for employees, students, parents and visitors beginning July 1, the school board unanimously decided Monday night. On-duty employees also will be prohibited...
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Code on cigarette packets gave away raiders to police
THIEVES who were jailed for burgling a Bolton home were traced to the crime through cigarettes they had stolen. Bolton Crown Court heard how the householder of a property on Markland Hill Lane had gone out on the evening of August 17, leaving a piece...
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Estimates vary on tobacco tax’s economic impact
Randy Trierweiler doesn't have statistics to back it up — he just knows out-of-state truckers passing through Missouri buy cigarettes at Midway Truck Plaza, where they're cheaper than in other states. "A lot of them do," Trierweiler, the station's manager,...
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San Marcos council approves park rules limiting alcohol, tobacco use
The San Marcos City Council approved a bundle of new park rules Tuesday, limiting where people can drink alcohol, smoke or use polystyrene products like Styrofoam coolers. The council voted 4-2 in favor of the ordinance, which takes effect in January....
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Smoke without fire? Terry's legal team tackles cigarette image
England soccer captain John Terry endured a difficult end to last year, and his 2012 has begun in a bizarre manner involving an anti-smoking campaign in India. The Chelsea defender's representatives are investigating how Terry's image might have been...
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Make quitting tobacco your New Year's resolution
The Quit Line ships a two-week starter kit with booklets and medications at no charge. The service has helped people make good on their resolutions for more than a decade, fielding more than 180,000 calls since its inception in May 2001. Tobacco use remains...
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Calif.'s cautionary tobacco tax tale
For the last several years, advocates for higher sin taxes have tried to cajole the Idaho Legislature into raising the tax on cigarettes, arguing that such increases are wildly popular with the electorate. It’s the ploy that the American Cancer Society...