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RAI Highlights Its 'Total Tobacco' Strategy

highlighted its total tobacco strategy in the context of the evolving consumer and the current regulatory environment at its annual Investor Day held in New York Nov. 12.
Convenience Store News
added Nov 14, 2012 13:20
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Smokeless tobacco claims send Oklahoma health officials in a tizzy

Reports of smokeless tobacco claims seem to have sent health officials in Oklahoma in a tizzy. Contrary to the popular belief, smokeless tobacco cannot be used as a substitute for conventional cigarettes, they caution.
The MedGuru
added Sep 12, 2012 09:56
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[Canada] Smoking: Will cigarettes ever be safe?

“How do you evaluate if any of this is going to be of useful effect?” asks Proctor. “That’s the story of a lot of our research effort for the last five or six years. It’s one of the most challenging things, figuring out if what you’ve done to the product
Vancouver (BC) Province
added Sep 3, 2012 10:13
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A Kentucky nurse’s crusade against e-cigs: A celebration of junk science

In a recent post for his blog, TobaccoAnalysis.com, ACSH scientific advisor Dr. Mike Siegel, a professor at Boston University's School of Public Health, attacks the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy’s crusade against electronic cigarettes. More specif
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
added Aug 8, 2012 23:20
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GOTTLIEB: FDA's New Tobacco Scheme, And Its Legislative Underpinnings, May Go Up In Smoke

FDA is proposing to hold a workshop on what science could support claims of “reduced risk” from new kinds of tobacco-based products. The anti-tobacco crowd is appalled that the agency plans to have (gasp!) the tobacco firms that are developing these produ
Forbes
added Mar 8, 2013 13:18
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22nd Century to Present on Promising Low Tar-to-Nicotine Ratio Cigarettes; Dr. Gio Batta Gori, Author of Virtually Safe Cigarettes, to Speak at 22nd Century Group Annual Shareholder Meeting

“A cigarette that reduces smoke exposure by an average of 50 percent is effectively a hybrid of a zero-tar e-cigarette and a Marlboro® Gold. How much would smoking-related disease decrease in the U.S. if all the cumulative smoke inhaled by smokers were c
Business Wire
added Sep 12, 2012 03:37
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Waxman Letter to DHHS on the substitution of cigarettes and RYO tobacco for cigars and pipe tobacco to avoid FDA regulation (PDF)

The internal company documents show that tobacco manufacturers are manipulating existing products and introducing new products to avoid Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation and higher federal tax rates.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
added Sep 8, 2012 19:56
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Big Tobacco Moves Forward With Plans to Develop New, Healthier Cigarette

Mathew Steingraber, founder of Tampa Bay’s White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes, said news of this move comes as a surprise to some in the e cigarette business. “Electronic cigarettes are already a lower health risk when compared with tobacco cigarettes b
SBWire
added Jul 11, 2012 06:27
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[Canada] Tasha Kheiriddin: Ottawa smoking bylaw chooses shaming over success

If you don’t want to inhale, I say stand upwind and stop hectoring those who do . . . Bylaws aren’t the answer, but harm reduction just may be.
National Post blogs (ca)
added Jul 4, 2012 16:59
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SIEGEL: Anti-Smoking Advocate Uses Bogus Research to Deny Overwhelming Scientific Evidence on Electronic Cigarettes

In other words, this study did not estimate quit rates among smokers trying to quit using e-cigarettes. Instead, it estimated quit rates among many smokers who were not using e-cigarettes in their quit attempt at all!
The Rest of the Story-Tobacco Analasys and Commentary (Michael Siegel blog)
added Jun 3, 2013 12:57
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