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LUMBERTON, N.C. — The impact of South Carolina’s 50-cent-per-pack cigarette tax increase may reach far beyond the state’s borders. The tax went...
With New York set to become the most expensive state in the nation to buy cigarettes, Pennsylvania tobacco shops could see an increase in cross-border...
South Carolina cigarette tax may mean less money from out-of-state smokers.
Jul 2, 2010
LUMBERTON, N.C. — The impact of South Carolina’s 50-cent-per-pack cigarette tax increase may reach far beyond the state’s borders. The tax went...
Will Pennsylvania tobacco stores benefit from N.Y.'s cigarette tax?
Jun 23, 2010
With New York set to become the most expensive state in the nation to buy cigarettes, Pennsylvania tobacco shops could see an increase in cross-border...
Citizens Want to Tax Discount Cigarette Makers
Mar 11, 2010
Nearly two out of three likely voters say a Miami-based discount cigarette maker and others should cough up $200 million a year to combat the effects of cigarettes smoking, according to a business...
Smuggled cigarettes swamp of Education
Jan 22, 2010
Lack of cooperation from the operations of the authorities to deal with the culprits is weighing on the industry, players of the claim. According to information available to the Nation, the...
Smoking ban arrives with the new year
Jan 4, 2010
GALVESTON — Restaurants and bars will ring in the new year by asking smokers to snuff their cigarettes, but the city has no plans to enforce its new smoking ban.
Beginning Friday,...
Big city smokers begin motion to e-cigarettes
Dec 28, 2009
COLUMBUS -- Local electronic cigarette ingest may be spurred by past freezing temperatures and the statewide smoking ban, but health advocates are cautioning people of marketing claims and ingest...
Cigarettes tax: The poverty punishment
Dec 21, 2009
The poor will continue disproportionately to smoke - for rational reasons. It's perverse for the poverty industry not to acknowledge it Ontario's "deprivation index" uses 10 benchmarks to measure...
Laying down their cigarettes, young people filled water pipe
Dec 15, 2009
Ryan Baucom, co-owner of the center of Sarasota night that meets the 18-25 crowd turned out to be an old practice to attract young customers.
The Box Social Club, Baucom recently started...
Indian reservation cigarettes under fire in NY
Dec 11, 2009
NEW YORK — The City of New York has accused several cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation of secretly defying a court order that was supposed to have shut them down.
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Woman lighting cigarette causes explosion
Dec 8, 2009
ILION —
A four-apartment home at 93-95 East Clark St. was destroyed Sunday afternoon when a woman, who breathes with the aid of an oxygen tank, lit a cigarette that caused an...
Cigarette smoking increases colorectal cancer risk
Dec 4, 2009
PHILADELPHIA – New study results strengthen the evidence that people who smoke cigarettes over a long period of time have an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer, even after adjusting...
New York budget cuts target anti-smoking programs
Nov 30, 2009
Albany, NY -- New York’s fiscal crisis is now expected to have to take another $10 million from the anti-tobacco program to help balance the state budget. Anti-smoking forces believe the proposal...
No PM tobacco contracts for Georgia, Florida
Nov 27, 2009
Many growers remain undecided as to how they'll approach tobacco production in 2010, especially considering that some have seen bad crops in recent years.
The future of tobacco...
Local pol on warpath against untaxed cigarettes
Nov 24, 2009
State Senate Finance Chair Carl Kruger knows how to get some much-needed wampum for New York State — tax the cigarettes being sold on American Indian soil.
On Monday, Nov. 16, the...
S.F. moves to curtail tobacco outlets
Nov 17, 2009
Smokers are huffing and businesses fuming over a controversial new proposal to drastically reduce the number of stores in The City that can sell cigarettes.
Since 2003, retailers...
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Trends in Smoking Cessation
Nov 13, 2009
Cigarette smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States (1). Full implementation of population-based strategies (2) and clinical...
Scientists take aim at cigarettes
Nov 10, 2009
Cigarettes don’t just kill people, they also kill fish.
So said San Diego State University researchers who are trying to build a case for labeling cigarette butts as toxic...
Switching cigarettes may hinder smokers' attempts to quit
Nov 5, 2009
Smokers who swap to 'low-tar' brands may intend it as a step towards giving up, but research shows the swap could undermine their chances of stopping smoking. Although half of smokers who switch to...
State AG cracks down on illegal cigarette sales
Nov 2, 2009
You may have seen recent news reports about Tennessee’s effort to stop the illegal sale of cigarettes that are removed from the pack and sold individually as “loosies.” These single cigarette...
NY Indians Descend on NYC Cigarette Hearing
Oct 30, 2009
The New York State Senate hearing on the state’s non-collection of taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Native Americans on Indian Reservations brought representatives from Indian nations from all...
Weak Marlboro sales hit Philip Morris earnings
Oct 26, 2009
Falling Marlboro sales and the continued strength of the US dollar have resulted in a 14 per cent decline in third-quarter earnings at Philip Morris International.
The group, which...
NY gov. worried about tribal unrest over cigarette tax
Oct 22, 2009
NEW YORK -- Gov. David Paterson is concerned that members of the state's Indian tribes may engage in "violence and civil unrest" if he attempts to tax cigarettes sold at reservation smoke shops. ...
Oklahoma may miss $1M in taxes on tobacco
Oct 19, 2009
The Oklahoma Tax Commission is missing out on more than $1 million a month in tax collections by refusing to strongly enforce state tobacco tax laws, an Oklahoma City wholesaler has alleged.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Vetoes E Cigarette Ban Bill In California
Oct 14, 2009 With a bold and decisive stroke of his pen, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have put to rest a bill that would have banned the electronic cigarette from the state of California. This action by... U.S., Canadian authorities seize smuggled cigarettes on Wolfe Island
Oct 12, 2009 Cape Vincent, NY -- U.S. and Canadian law enforcement authorities arrested five Canadians on Tuesday night and seized more than 6,400 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, State Police said today.
Blackhawk Saloon giving up smoking battle
Oct 8, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston bar owner who flouted the Kanawha County smoking ban for more than a year will no longer allow his customers to light up.
N.J. prevails in lawsuit against out-of-state tobacco seller Red Jacket
Oct 6, 2009 The state government has prevailed on all counts of a lawsuit it filed a year ago charging New-York-based cigarette seller Red Jacket Tobacco with illegal business practices related to the... Complete workplace smoking ban proposed
Oct 2, 2009 Smokers in Indianapolis soon could be banned from lighting up in bars, bowling alleys and nightclubs.
Electronic Cigarettes Find Fans, but Most Want Regulation
Sep 29, 2009 Zogby Poll of Americans Finds Many Think ECigarettes should be available, But Most Want FDA Involvement
Local bodegas will have smaller but visible 'Smoking Kills' signs, Board of Health approves
Sep 24, 2009 The Health Department's grim new anti-smoking signs should start showing up at bodega cash registers in December - putting blackened lungs in your face in time for Christmas.
View on cigarettes and public health: Bans on outdoor smoking cross a line in the sand
Sep 21, 2009 Times just keep getting tougher for the American smoker.
In Canada, cigarettes have gone into hiding
Sep 18, 2009 TORONTO — At first glance, it looks like cigarettes have disappeared from Canadian stores.
There are no advertisements or signs for cigarettes in retail outlets in most of the nation’s... Sep 14, 2009 According to the American Cancer Society, about 5.5 million people died in the world last year over smoking-related diseases and ailments. The number may increase to 6 million during the current... S.F. ban on tobacco in drugstores survives
Sep 11, 2009 San Francisco can enforce its ban on tobacco sales in drugstores, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a free-speech argument by tobacco giant Philip Morris.
Tobacco barons charged in U.S.
Sep 9, 2009 Two of the founding partners of Six Nations cigarette maker Grand River Enterprises are facing 16 charges related to trafficking of contraband cigarettes in the United States.
N.Y. counties appeal Cayuga court win in cigarette tax case
Sep 4, 2009 The state’s long and unsuccessful attempts to collect cigarette taxes from sales on sovereign Indian reservation lands took another hit in July when a state appellate court ruled that the Cayuga... Cigarettes rebound after big tax increases
Sep 1, 2009 When April 1 hit this year, smokers probably wished what they were seeing in stores was just an April Fools Day prank. But the higher prices for cigarettes were no joke.
New York Wins Round in Fight Against Indian Tobacco Vendors
Aug 28, 2009 A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a group of tobacco vendors on an Indian reservation on Long Island cannot sell tax-free cigarettes to the general public until a court rules in a closely... Teens and tobacco don’t mix in Illinois
Aug 24, 2009 Underage smokers will be facing stiffer penalties in Illinois thanks to a new state law.
Ban on clove and flavored cigarettes is coming
Aug 18, 2009 When I was 15, my friend Lindsey and I would sneak out of summer camp to smoke skinny, leaf-wrapped cigarettes called bidis. They came in exotic-looking, triangular packages decorated with pictures... Judges don't buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case
Aug 14, 2009 A federal appeals court appeared to be inclined Wednesday to let San Francisco continue to enforce its ban on tobacco sales in drugstores.
Southwest Florida cigarette sales go up in smoke
Aug 7, 2009 It’s been a month since cigarette smokers in Florida have been paying more than $6 a pack — and the state says the new $1 tax is on track to net about $1 billion next year.
North Carolina Bureau Urges Canadian Government To Amend Legislation Banning American Tobacco
Aug 3, 2009 Ad campaign in Washington, D.C. newspapers call on Congress and Obama Administration to stand up for American jobs and U.S.-Canadian trade agreements already in place
Oregon AG moves to block 'E-cigarette' sales
Jul 31, 2009 The Oregon Department of Justice filed two settlements Thursday that prevent two national travel store chains from selling "electronic cigarettes" in Oregon.
Police losing battle against contraband cigarettes
Jul 29, 2009 Tobacco sales are down. That's good news, right?
Pediatrician led anti-tobacco lawsuit
Jul 27, 2009 Dr. Howard A. Engle, the veteran Miami Beach pediatrician who lent his name to a landmark class action suit against Big Tobacco, died Wednesday at home, said son David Engle. He was 89 and suffered... Philip Morris adds another cigarette to Marlboro lineup
Jul 24, 2009 The colors are green-on-dark green, but the iconic chevron still is there as Philip Morris USA launches yet another version of Marlboro.
Mixed Messages Complicate Efforts to Ban Smoking in Military
Jul 22, 2009 The Pentagon's goal of making the military tobacco free may be undermined by mixed messages, including the provision of discounts on Adult smoking drops in Arkansas
Jul 20, 2009 New survey information shows there are nearly 10,000 fewer smokers in Arkansas since the beginning of the Arkansas Department of Health's (ADH) Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program in 2002.... Californians support and need an increase in the tobacco tax
Jul 17, 2009 California has not raised the state cigarette and tobacco tax in over a decade — which is why the American Lung Association, American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association support a... Wash. court: Cartoon cigarette ads broke agreement
Jul 15, 2009 SEATTLE -- For the second time in two months, a court said Monday that an advertisement RJ Reynolds placed in Rolling Stone magazine broke the tobacco industry's 1998 settlement with the states by... Court ruling puts Cayuga Indian Nation back in cigarette business
Jul 13, 2009 Cigarette sales resumed Friday at the Cayuga Indian Nation's LakeSide Trading convenience stores in Union Springs and Seneca Falls after state appellate judges in Rochester ruled in favor of the... Seven Staten Island parks facilities and all borough playgrounds will be tobacco-free
Jul 10, 2009 In the domain of nature and children's play areas, cigarettes just don't belong.
E-cigarettes offer smoke-free nicotine, but experts skeptical
Jul 8, 2009 Scott Marino was recently in Kroger puffing away on a cigarette when an employee told him he couldn't smoke in the store. The 43-year-old Shelby Township resident said "no problem" -- because the... Smokers fuming over Florida's cigarette tax hike
Jul 3, 2009 Smokers are socked with $1 increase in the state cigarette tax starting Wednesday, three months after a 62-cent jump in the federal tax.
Developing world faces black market cigarette plague
Jun 29, 2009 Governments plan fightback against smugglers who benefit from corruption and lax policing.
Tobacco companies can help reignite your portfolio
Jun 26, 2009 The market is overlooking the long-term stability of Big Tobacco's cash flow generation and strong returns on invested capital.
Get a whiff: Obama admits occasional cigarette
Jun 24, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — It fell to President Barack Obama to confirm the gossip that his aides had spent weeks trying to snuff out: He still sneaks an occasional cigarette. "There are times where I... Altria Introduces ‘Richer, Bolder’ Marlboro Menthol Cigarette
Jun 22, 2009 June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA is introducing a new menthol version of its Marlboro cigarette this week that will compete with Lorillard Inc.’s Newport and... N.C. Tobacco Farmers Find Friend in State's New Senator
Jun 19, 2009 Hagan Was Only Democrat to Vote Against Historic Regulation Measure
U.S. senator concerned about finances at UC San Francisco medical school
Jun 17, 2009 Sen. Charles E. Grassley, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has requested a detail of federal research funds the university has received in the last five years.
Jun 15, 2009 Cigarettes are an easy and acceptable target for lawmakers to tithe, so they do.
Jun 12, 2009 WASHINGTON — More than four decades after the surgeon general declared smoking a health hazard, the Senate on Thursday cleared the final hurdle to empowering federal officials to regulate... Jun 10, 2009 Soon tobacco products will carry graphic images on them to discourage smoking, writes BRIAN KAVANAGH .
Jun 8, 2009 A landmark tobacco regulation bill advanced in the Senate on Monday amid growing pressure for the House to quickly accept the final product and lock up a long-sought victory for anti-smoking forces... Jun 5, 2009 Most studies think it's negligible--but they're wrong.
Jun 3, 2009 Semnan, Iran — A recent study indicates that there is a significant association between cigarette smoking and the development and severity of acne lesions. According to one expert, acne patients... Florida's $1 Cigarette Tax Increase a Big Win for Public Health
Jun 1, 2009 WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The State of Florida took a major step forward to save lives and protect children yesterday when Governor Charlie Crist signed a $1 per pack surcharge into law.... Crist signs cigarette-tax hike, calls it a 'health issue'
May 29, 2009 TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a $1-per-pack cigarette tax hike Wednesday - the biggest of its kind in Florida history -- saying he hopes to kill the habit that results in... May 27, 2009 Ask cigarette smokers why they light up and one answer you're likely to hear is that it relieves stress.1
May 25, 2009 Historically and culturally, smoking and drinking go together like whiskey and water, gin and tonic, rum and Coke.
Cost of Cigarette Litter May Fall on San Francisco’s Smokers
May 19, 2009 In what he casts as an attack on litterbugs and nicotine addiction alike, Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to impose a fee on an age-old inhabitant of city streets: the cigarette butt.
San Francisco... Study: N.J. Cigarette Tax Hike to Result in $12M Loss
May 15, 2009 TRENTON -- A proposed plan by Governor Jon Corzine to raise the state's cigarette tax 12.5 cents per pack would hurt—not help—the state's attempts to raise more revenue, according to a recent... Smoking Interferes With Recovery From Alcohol-related Brain Damage
May 13, 2009 Alcohol-use disorders (AUDs) can damage the brain, particularly the frontal and parietal cortices, although this damage is at least partially reversible with sustained abstinence from alcohol.... May 11, 2009 Dealers display ill effects of secondhand smoke in long-awaited results
Mississippi lawmakers approve cigarette tax hike
May 8, 2009 Mississippi's Legislature has approved the first cigarette tax hike in two decades, voting to raise the tax by 50 cents a pack in a bid to reap millions of dollars in new budget revenues amid the... Statewide smoking ban on fast track; Doyle could get bill by next week
May 6, 2009 After years of failed attempts by supporters, a tough statewide smoking ban could be headed to Gov. Jim Doyle’s desk as early as next week.
Priced out of the smoking habit
May 4, 2009 The recession and the biggest federal cigarette tax increase in history – a 62-cents-a-pack hike April 1 – have sent Washington smokers scrambling for ways to quit.
Smoking and high blood pressure each account for 1 in 5 deaths in US adults
Apr 30, 2009 Press release from PLoS Medicine
Matt Bars, a Global Expert in Smoking Cessation, Joins Next Safety as Chairman
Apr 28, 2009 Next Safety, Inc. has developed the most effective pulmonary nicotine delivery device to help people quit smoking
Apr 23, 2009 Serbia is among the European countries with the highest proportion of smokers. According to the ministry of health, about a third of Serbia's 7-million-plus citizens smoke, nearly 38% of men and... Dr. Jon Rice, Fargo, letter: Fund Measure 3 as is, former health officer says
Apr 21, 2009 One year ago, Dr. Robert Wentz of Bismarck and I, both former North Dakota state health officers, co-wrote a letter encouraging North Dakota voters to sign a petition for an initiated measure that... Too skint to light up — roll ups make a comeback
Apr 14, 2009 Even before the credit crisis took hold, smokers flinched at paying £5.22 for a packet of 20 Lambert & Butler.
Now that recession is gripping the country, they are increasingly turning to... Norway’s fund plans move out of tobacco
Apr 13, 2009 Norway has proposed new ethical guidelines that will see its Government Pension Fund, Europe’s largest pension fund, exit tobacco investments and screen companies for climate and tax haven... Britney storms off stage during Vancouver concert
Apr 10, 2009 Last night's Britney Spears show was a lip-syncing gong show.
The troubled pop star stormed off stage just shortly into her set because GM Place had become too smoky.
American Cancer Society says smoking ban exemption would be unconstitutional
Apr 9, 2009 LINCOLN -- The American Cancer Society is making a last-minute bid to snuff out a bill to allow cigar bars in Nebraska.
The society, citing a legal opinion by former Nebraska Supreme Court... A Smoking Experience That's Unmatched
Apr 8, 2009 I had lunch, a cup of coffee and a smoke the other day at the offices of the American Legacy Foundation in downtown Washington. I puffed away for a good 15 minutes, savoring the irony.
Smoking ban came in for a reason
Apr 7, 2009 THE suggestion to Call Time On Smoking Ban In Pubs, suggested by Tony Whitaker in his letter published March 31, is seriously flawed.
Apr 6, 2009 AKWESASNE, N.Y. — They call them Akwesasne and Kahnewake tips, and they come in unlabelled clear plastic baggies — 200 king-size smokes to a bag.
Tobacco Company Yields are Smokin'
Apr 3, 2009 No, it’s not recession proof, but who wouldn’t have taken a 25% decline in their industry in a year when the market overall declined 40%? To top it all off: On an equal weighted basis, this... Maternal Smoking May Alter Arousal Process Of Infants, Increasing Their Risk For SIDS
Apr 2, 2009 A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that maternal smoking is associated with an impaired infant arousal process that may increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome... Altria Bonds Give Investors ‘Instant Gratification’
Apr 1, 2009 In credit markets Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke says are broken, the best investment in the first quarter was newly issued corporate bonds.
Buyers earned an average of 2.4 percent,... Commonwealth Brands Thinks Tobacco Tax is an Outrage
Mar 31, 2009 Commonwealth Brands, Inc., the Nation's fourth largest tobacco manufacturer, with manufacturing facilities in Reidsville, North Carolina, speaks out against Governor Bev Perdue's push for an... Mohegans hint at withholding slots revenue
Mar 30, 2009 Tribe considers halting payments to the state if litigation develops over casino smoking ban.
Mar 27, 2009 There were ashtrays on the tables, people smoking all around and no evidence of a "no-smoking" sign anywhere.
NYACS Fights "Obscene" Retail Tobacco Fees
Mar 26, 2009 ALBANY -- The New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) is rallying supporters to fight against an increase of the state’s annual registration fee to sell tobacco at retail, from $100... Tobacco product has experts divided
Mar 25, 2009 Sweden brought us meatballs, the Nobel prize, Ikea, the Saab and the Volvo.
But the country's latest mark on the U.S. is not so benign. An oral tobacco product known as snus recently arrived in... E-cigarette sparks attention as FDA crackdown looms
Mar 24, 2009 SAN JOSE, Calif. - The young man in the tall swivel chair at the mall seems lost in nicotine nirvana as he takes a deep drag on a cigarette and blows smoke rings to the surprise of passing... Hayward begins ticketing for smoking in public
Mar 23, 2009 HAYWARD — Lighted cigarettes meant lightened purses and wallets for smokers who were caught puffing in public last week, as the city began enforcement of a smoking ban that technically went into... More restrictions possible for UW-O smokers
Mar 20, 2009 Discussions of stronger campus-wide smoking restrictions were postponed until after spring break at an Oshkosh Student Association Assembly meeting Monday.
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Raising taxes in California these days is extraordinarily difficult. In fact, in their effort to...
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A comprehensive assessment of the risk factors for preventable deaths in the United States has found that smoking and high blood pressure are...
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