Jessica Miller | February 25, 2011
Comprehensive tobacco control laws that include a complete ban on Kiss smoking in enclosed public places are badly needed in China where tobacco use and second-hand smoke kill roughly 1.2 million people a year, a group of health and legal experts said Friday.
Category: Tobacco Control Law |
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Tags: non-smokers, secondhand smoke, smoke-free legislation
Jessica Miller | February 25, 2011
Carreras Limited said its sales volumes slipped in the third quarter as smokers continue to retreat from its licit higher-priced Marlboro cigarettes while embracing black market offerings. Company revenue fell seven per cent to J$3.47 billion in the quarter ending December 2010, while net profit dropped 16 per cent, from J$849 million or J$1.75 per share to J$714 million or J$1.47 per share, reflecting both declining sales and a 38 per cent erasure of investment income as yields fell on paper securities.
Category: Cigarette Tax |
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Tags: cigarettes tax hike, illicit tobacco
Jessica Miller | February 25, 2011
Smokers on campus may soon get burned. The Campus Health and Wellness Committee, made up of faculty, staff and students, is investigating the possibility of making Auburn a smoke-free campus. The initiative stems from a letter a group of students wrote to President Jay Gogue in spring 2010 asking him to consider eliminating smoking Pall Mall and other smoking brands on campus.
Category: Smoke-free ordinance |
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Tags: secondhand smoke, smoke-free campus, smoking ban
Jessica Miller | February 24, 2011
Anti-tobacco advocates and doctors criticized Malacanang’s justification of President Benigno Aquino III’s addiction to smoking. In a press release, the Philippine Medical Association took exemption to Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda’s statement that Aquino needs to smoke Chesterfield in order to de-stress.
Category: smoking addiction |
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Tags: smoking addiction, tobacco smoking
Jessica Miller | February 24, 2011
The fiery debate over dissolvable tobacco products will be stoked further in March when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA launch new test markets. Reynolds said Wednesday that it has chosen Charlotte and Denver as markets for its second phase of testing Camel Sticks, Camel Strips and Camel Orbs with adult tobacco consumers.
Category: Smokeless Cigarettes |
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Tags: marlboro smoking brand, tobacco consumer, tobacco products