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Tobacco News



Loews Profit Falls 14%

Declining results from the conglomerate’s insurance and tobacco units offset improved results from drilling operations in the quarter.
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OFT launches inquiry into cigarette price-fixing

Smokers may have been overcharged for cigarettes after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) accused two big tobacco companies and 11 retailers of alleged unlawful co-ordination of prices.
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101 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Belgian raid

Customs seized 101 million smuggled cigarettes destined for Britain yesterday in a raid which highlights the huge black market in contraband tobacco driven by the highest price of smoking in Europe.
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States Look to Tobacco Tax for Budget Holes

The tobacco industry counters that smokers already bear an unfair tax burden and that increases encourage cross-border purchases and bootlegging.
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Appeals Court Panel Throws Out Class Action Over Light Cigarettes

In a victory for the tobacco industry, a federal appeals court threw out on Thursday an $800 billion class-action lawsuit on behalf of smokers who said they had been misled that light cigarettes were safer than regular ones.
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External News for: tobacco

Tobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into Effect - New York Times

ReutersTobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into EffectNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to ...FDA announces tobacco restrictionsUSA TodayNew FDA rules will greatly restrict tobacco advertising and salesWashington PostUS FDA restricts tobacco marketing to youthReutersLos Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal -BusinessWeekall 286 news articles »

Tobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into Effect - New York Times

ReutersTobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into EffectNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to ...FDA announces tobacco restrictionsUSA TodayNew FDA rules will greatly restrict tobacco advertising and salesWashington PostUS FDA restricts tobacco marketing to youthReutersLos Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal -BusinessWeekall 286 news articles »

Tobacco tax lowered Md.'s smoking rate - Baltimore Sun

KLEWTobacco tax lowered Md.'s smoking rateBaltimore SunIn Wednesday's column disparaging Maryland's life-saving 2007 tobacco tax increase ("Did cigarette tax increase do more harm than good? ...Kick Butts DayPike County CourierMontana Kids 'Kick Butts' on March 24PR Newswire (press release)Juneau youth to support a statewide clean indoor air policyJuneau EmpireKokomo Perspective -St. George Daily Spectrum -KLEWall 297 news articles »

Tobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into Effect - New York Times

ReutersTobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into EffectNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to ...FDA announces tobacco restrictionsUSA TodayNew FDA rules will greatly restrict tobacco advertising and salesWashington PostUS FDA restricts tobacco marketing to youthReutersLos Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal -BusinessWeekall 286 news articles »

Tobacco tax lowered Md.'s smoking rate - Baltimore Sun

KLEWTobacco tax lowered Md.'s smoking rateBaltimore SunIn Wednesday's column disparaging Maryland's life-saving 2007 tobacco tax increase ("Did cigarette tax increase do more harm than good? ...Kick Butts DayPike County CourierMontana Kids 'Kick Butts' on March 24PR Newswire (press release)Juneau youth to support a statewide clean indoor air policyJuneau EmpireKokomo Perspective -St. George Daily Spectrum -KLEWall 297 news articles »

SF trails state in stamping out illegal tobacco sales - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

SF trails state in stamping out illegal tobacco salesSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)Here's a statistic San Francisco may not want to brag about: the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors continues to outpace the statewide average. ...Kids buy more cigs in SF, but not many moreSan Francisco Examiner (blog)all 3 news articles »

 
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