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[Canada] Day 127: Jeffrey Wigand's Credibility on Trial

Philip Morris seems to have taken a "ride it out" approach to William Farone, while BAT/B&W/Imperial Tobacco was determined to "shoot the messenger."
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Mar 19, 2013 11:38
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[UK] Plain tobacco packets ‘can cause more harm’ ($$)

There is a “high risk” that plain tobacco packaging could do more harm than good because of a “flawed consultation” that the Department of Health ran last year, according to Rupert Darwall, who was commissioned by Philip Morris International, the world’s
Times Of London (uk)
added Mar 18, 2013 10:02
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Ukraine Files WTO Complaint over Australian Tobacco Law

Ukraine, which is looking for opportunites to expand its tobacco exports, has asked the World Trade Organization to cancel new cigarette pack design rules imposed by Australia, Kommersant Ukraine reported on Thursday.
RIA Novosti (Russian Information Agency) (ru)
added Mar 15, 2013 14:12
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[California] State law would ban smoking in some homes

Now a proposed California law, the most sweeping in the country, would ban all tobacco smoking inside any multiunit residence - apartments, condos, duplexes, townhouses. Single-family detached homes are not included as they don't share walls or ventilati
San Francisco Chronicle
added Mar 11, 2013 18:26
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[Korea - South] S. Korea sees signs of tobacco hoarding amid talks of raising tobacco prices

Tobacco sales are rapidly rising at South Korea’s large-scale discount stores and convenience stores as the talks of raising tobacco prices began. Tobacco sales at large-scale stores swung from contraction to abrupt growth, following the discussion over r
Maeil Business Newspaper & mk.co.kr (kr)
added Mar 11, 2013 02:54
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Philip Morris Serbia Starts Cut Tobacco Output on Demand

The cut tobacco is “a growing phenomenon in Serbia” and Philip Morris’ unit in Serbia will be the first factory in Europe, Middle East and Africa and the “fourth manufacturing facility that we have in the world to produce cut tobacco,” outgoing managing
Bloomberg News
added Mar 6, 2013 13:16
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A Look at 2013 Tobacco-Related Legislation

Cigarette and Tobacco Product Tax Increase Bills: Twenty-one states have introduced bills to either raise or reduce the state cigarette tax and/or the tobacco product excise tax. The table below indicates with an “x” those states that have introduced a
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
added Mar 6, 2013 13:06
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[New York] Cigarette distributors face lawsuit

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is expected to file a lawsuit Monday morning targeting a cigarette plant on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reservation near Hamilton, Ont., and a Seneca businessman working with the Canadian operation to s
Buffalo (NY) News
added Mar 3, 2013 11:07
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SCHULTZ: Camel Crush: A Not-So-New Innovation by Our Friends at Big Tobacco

So it appears to have gone with Camel Crush. In May 2012, Business Insider reported that Camel had enjoyed a 21% increase in market share among 12-17 year-old children—“a gain attributable to the Camel Crush cigarette which switches from plain to mentho
Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
added Mar 2, 2013 23:19
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More Evidence That Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk

Cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk of breast cancer, especially when women start smoking early in life, new research indicates. For years, experts have questioned whether cigarette smoking is directly linked with breast cancer risk or whether
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Feb 28, 2013 18:38
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