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Cigarette Taxes Fuel Black Market Sales

Yet, data suggests that drastic increases to cigarette excise taxes can actually damage both the budgets and smoking rates they intend to aid. Lyle Beckwith, NACS' senior vice president of government relations, made an argument about the link between hig
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
added May 15, 2013 15:11
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[China] Shenzhen imposes 500-yuan fine in anti-smoking law

Residents who smoke in non-smoking public places in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, will face a fine of 500 yuan ($81), according to the revised draft of the city's tobacco-control regulation undergoing a public hearing on Tuesday. The draft, which lifts
Global Times (cn)
added May 14, 2013 19:13
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[Massachusetts] Foxborough's Board of Health Considering Changes to Town's Tobacco Regulations - Foxborough, MA Patch

“They need some tightening up,” said Foxborough Health Director Pauline Clifford. “We’re having a hearing on June 24. We’ll discuss it that night, listen for public comment and could adopt it that evening."
Patch.org
added May 14, 2013 13:41
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FAESSEL: Star Scientific and Dirty Politics

this is an attack on the messenger, not the message. Star’s advancing science and superb test results that include four peer reviews of anatabine / Anatabloc clearly demonstrate its efficacy. Accordingly, Star’s building scientific narrative is p
SmallCap Network
added May 13, 2013 16:13
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[Virginia] Star Scientific reports bigger loss and higher sales, discloses third lawsuit

Star Scientific Inc. reported a larger loss but higher sales for its fiscal first quarter and also disclosed that a third person has filed a lawsuit claiming the company misled investors. The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Richmon
Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress
added May 13, 2013 16:09
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[Virginia] Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama

Two decades later, revelations of Williams' lavish gifts and his company's generous political donations are at the center of a growing scandal dogging the state's two top Republicans - Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Kansas City (MO) Star
added May 13, 2013 16:05
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[Virginia] Study: Gap seen for manufacturing workers in Southside

Demand for additional manufacturing workers across Virginia’s former Tobacco Region will reach nearly 7,000 by 2017, according to a study paid for by the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Lynchburg (VA) News & Advance
added May 13, 2013 14:22
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RJ Reynolds Gears Up for Larger E-Cigarette Operation

R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., a division of locally-based Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), has been testing its Vuse electronic cigarette in a few markets since last summer, and now the product could be rolling out to more stores across the country. Speaking at
Convenience Store News
added May 13, 2013 14:18
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Impact of point-of-sale tobacco display bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey

Impulse purchasing of cigarettes was lower in places that enacted POS display bans. These findings indicate that implementing POS tobacco display bans does result in lower exposure to tobacco marketing and less frequent impulse purchasing of cigarettes.
Health Education Research
added May 13, 2013 09:06
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[Canada] LETTER: SHATENSTEIN: Tobacco may be legal, but the deadly poison is still sold to consumers

they knowingly sell deadly poison to consumers and that is both criminal and immoral. But, of course, Mr. Grant can’t make the connection because his Coalition is funded by the tobacco industry and, as author Upton Sinclair famously explained, “It is dif
Windsor (Ont) Star (ca)
added May 13, 2013 08:58
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