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Bourne health board balks at ban on drug-store tobacco sales
The Bourne Board of Health this week frowned on a county recommendation that the sale of tobacco products be banned in health-care facilities, notably pharmacies. Cape Cod Tobacco Control Director Robert Collett of Monument Beach said towns on and off...
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NJOY Electronic Cigarettes Receives $20 Million Investment from Leading Consumer
NJOY, America's most popular marlboro cigarette brand, announced today that it has received a $20 million investment from Catterton Partners, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm. The investment, which is being made by Catterton Growth Partners,...
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Big Tobacco to divulge what you're smoking
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...
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Medical marijuana facility open in Upland
Displaced patients from the now-closed G3 Holistic cooperative still have a place in town to go for their medical marijuana. Upland Hidden Garden is open and serving patients with valid medical marijuana cards, despite an appellate court decision last...
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California Cigarette Tax Remains Too Close To Call
California's vote on a controversial cigarette tax remained too close to call Wednesday morning, although votes counted so far suggest it was narrowly rejected. With all precincts reporting, the tally was 50.8% against the proposal and 49.2% in support...
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Sheriff: Burglars steal $150 worth of cigarettes
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating suspects involved in a burglary. According to an incident report, around 2:30 a.m. deputies responded to an alarm activation call at Sand Mountain Grocery located...
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Bill would outlaw bulk smoke-rolling machines
Anti-tobacco legislation making its way through Olympia would close a downtown small business, as well as many others around the state, if passed into law. Senate Bill 6564, sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, and Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, would...
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Brown vetoes bill seeking nursing home smoking ban
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking in long-term health care facilities. The Democratic governor said Thursday in his veto statement that the bill's aim was admirable. But he said it would be better to "rely on the locals,...
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E Cigarettes Launches Memorial Day Mega Sale
E Cigarettes National has announced their Memorial Day sale on their blog a little early and extending it all the way through Memorial day with not just one, but two super sale deals that is sure to break sales records across the board. Starting Tuesday...
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Docs should counsel youth about not smoking
Out of more than 26,000 kids and teens in those trials, researchers found 50 would have to be counseled to prevent one from trying cigarettes over the next seven months to three years. However, the same review showed no benefits from smoking cessation...
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N.C. woman sends anti-smoking message
It may be one of the most startling anti-smoking commercials you’ll ever see. A slender, bald woman with a deep, scratchy voice speaks directly at television viewers. “I’m Terrie and I used to be a smoker. “I want to give you some tips about getting ready...
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Smoker sentenced for assaulting tobacco control inspector
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...
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Denver airport to clear air by cutting back on smoking lounges
By year's end, Denver International Airport will be nearly smoke-free, with all but one of the four indoor smoking lounges closed. "Now is the time to clear the air," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Friday in announcing the move toward ending smoking...
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Smokeless tobacco marketing towards tweens
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...
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State completes tobacco bonds sale
Minnesota Management and Budget has successfully completed the sale of tobacco revenue bonds that played a key role in the budget fix that ended the state’s historic government shutdown this past summer. The Tobacco Securitization Authority sold $757...
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Guest column: 'Smokeless' tobacco still dangerous
Unfortunately, this simply isn’t true. Consumer tobacco products — regardless of how they are packaged — are loaded with harmful chemicals linked to oral and lung cancer as well as chronic respiratory and cardiovascular health problems. Smokeless tobacco...
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Ocean City Considers Smoking Ban
Buy cigarettes for cheap price and smoke tax free tobacco. Ocean City officials are considering a smoking ban for the coastal town. Mayor Rick Meehan pitched the idea during a discussion about increasing the number of smoking receptacles in the resort,...
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Tobacco tax may rise for surplus: Dutton
There's speculation the government could increase the tobacco excise by 25 per cent in its upcoming budget update, called the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). Opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton says if that occurs it won't be about...
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UW tobacco researcher elected to prestigious medical group
Here you can buy pall mall cigarettes online: pallmallcigs.netau.net A UW-Madison professor who founded one of the leading research centers on tobacco and its effect on health has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine. Dr. Michael Fiore,...
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Banning tobacco to allow alcohol hypocrisy at its finest
Having always been one to avoid politics and drama at every turn the recent news about the tobacco and alcohol policies have me concerned. It would appear to the average student that the School is purposely catering to outside sources while cracking down...
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Medical marijuana moving toward ballots in more states
Massachusetts residents will vote on a ballot initiative in November that would make cannabis available for certain registered users. Residents of Arkansas, North Dakota and Ohio may vote on similar ballot measures to join 17 other states and the District...
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Irish senator and surgeon wants tobacco banned by 2024
Irish senator Doctor John Crown has asked that all tobacco products be banned in Ireland by 2025. The senator, who is a cancer surgeon and a former smoker, said Europe should also adopt the ban. Senator Crown said: "It will give the companies time to...
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Cigarette Request Results in Stabbing
A fight over cigarettes put 29-year-old Adrian Mendoza in the hospital and 43-year-old Phi Dvong in the Merced County Jail. Dvong stabbed Mendoza on the 1300 block of West 2nd Street in Merced on July 13th and is being charged with aggravated assault...
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Council Approves Tobacco Compliance Checks
At Monday's Town Council meeting, an agreement with the State of Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals and the Coventry Police Department was approved. The agreement allows compliance check inspections...
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Recycling programs tackle problem of cigarette butts
Cigarettes online from Europe: http://cigarettesonline.getfreehosting.co.uk Recycling has moved far beyond paper and plastic to tackle the nation's top litter problem: cigarette butts. Private companies are launching programs that not only encourage people...