http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/andorra.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://actualidad.terra.es/provincias/lleida/articulo/detienen_andorra_frontera_hombres_cajetillas_2295068.htm http://tobacco.org/news/260748.html La Guardia Civil ha detenido a dos hombres acusados de contrabando de tabaco en la frontera entre Lleida y Andorra, según informó hoy la Subdelegación del Gobierno de Lleida. Llevaban escondidas en un todoterreno 3.301 cajetillas, valoradas en 9.022 euros. Actualidad Spain Andorra Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.french-news.com/ASPART/192/french_news_Cigarette_sales_boom_south_of_the_border.asp http://tobacco.org/news/196858.html The hike in tobacco prices in France does not seem to have affected the consumption of cigarettes, merely the volume of sales. Fiscal tourists are now buying across the borders in Spain and Andorra. In the Pyrénées-Orientales, tobacconists have seen a 42% drop in sales, while in Catalogne in Spain there has been a rise in sales of 35%. Statistics from the Hautes-Pyrénées and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques show a similar trend. This is reckoned to be a ?30m 'gift' to Spain and Andorra. French News Spain France Andorra Mon, 09 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/story/3814567p-3416423c.html http://tobacco.org/news/176106.html Scratch another item off the list of reasons South Carolina lawmakers give for not discouraging teen smoking by raising our rock-bottom cigarette tax rate. The South Carolina Cancer Society, not convinced by arguments that a higher cigarette tax would drive smokers over the border to purchase cheaper smokes in North Carolina or Georgia, decided to take a look at what has happened since Georgia increased its tax from 12 cents to 37 cents a pack last summer. What it found was that cigarette tax collections in Georgia more than doubled. That means that while cigarette sales dropped (had they remained constant, tax collections would have tripled), the state government hasn't lost any money by raising the tax rate, as some contend would happen in South Carolina. ... Rock Hill Herald Andorra Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106683961137433400,00.html?mod=COMPANY http://tobacco.org/news/141241.html British American Tobacco PLC is paying a $25,000-a-day fine for refusing to turn over documents that the Department of Justice says may reveal attempts by the British tobacco manufacturer to hide the health dangers of tobacco. . . . The BAT subsidiary that is the defendant in the Department of Justice case and which has paid the fine is British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd. The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition Andorra Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.expatica.com/france.asp?pad=278,313,&item_id=34391 http://tobacco.org/news/138474.html About 100 French tobacconists, furious about a steep rise in taxes on tobacco, on Sunday blocked the border between France and the tiny principality of Andorra, where smokers fill up on duty-free goods. "We are in a tragic situation. Some of us have lost 30 to 40 percent of sales since the last tax increase. If we lose another 20 percent, then we're finished," said Rene Le Pape, chairman of France's tobacconists' union. The tobacconists criticised French President Jacques Chirac for authorising the tax hikes Agence France Presse France Andorra Sun, 21 Sep 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=427527bf-2cad-44eb-995f-07d6199d32fa http://tobacco.org/news/115304.html Dr. John Blatherwick, Vancouver's chief medical officer, is smoking something funny if he thinks exposure to second-hand smoke is "child abuse." Would he care to explain why asthma in children has risen by more than 680 per cent since 1980 while, during that same time, children were exposed to significantly less second-hand cigarette smoke? Blaming the majority of children's health woes on that all-too-easy target of second-hand smoke, when there is clearly something else causing these problems, could be an even biggest form of child abuse. And, to add insult to injury, his findings justify an intrusion into our homes by the anti-smoking zealots. Canada.com Andorra Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25416-2000Jul21.html http://tobacco.org/news/46999.html Unlike Monaco and Liechtenstein, with their different auras of old prosperity, Andorra is more of a raw-boned frontier town. Its gold is tobacco. On weekends, cars slow to a crawl on the curling mountain roads to Andorra La Vella, the capital turned duty-free zone, to buy cheap cigarettes. It is reported to be a nexus for European cigarette smugglers trying to avoid steep taxes. The governments of France and Spain, and of Europe, have been pressuring Andorra to cut back on its habit. The locals are boosting skiing as an alternative. [This graph only] The Washington Post Andorra Sun, 23 Jul 2000 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newspage.com/cgi-bin/pnp.GetStory?story=v0804346.9xi&topic=19912&date=19990806&inIssue=TRUE&mode=topics http://tobacco.org/news/25557.html Andorra has adopted new laws to further curb once-rampant smuggling of cigarettes out of the European principality, the European Commission (EC) said on Wednesday. The new legislation includes a law on frauds in customs matters, a law on the control of sensitive goods, and one modifying the Penal Code by introducing smuggling as an offense. NewsEdge Andorra Fri, 06 Aug 1999 04:00:00 GMT