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[Minnesota] Cigarette tax worries businesses

The new tobacco tax signed into law last month will raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.60 starting July 1, and Elsayed, who owns Royal Cigar and Tobacco in Dinkytown, gets a lot of his business from cigarette sales.
Minnesota Daily (UMN)
added Jun 19, 2013 11:21
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[Canada] Are e-cigarettes safe to puff?

For Selby, the main issue is whether e-cigarettes meet manufacturing and regulatory inspection standards for producing products under hygienic conditions, for example, and to ensure they don't explode and cause burns. The potential harm of inhaling nicot
CBC News (ca)
added Jun 19, 2013 11:04
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[UK] HANLON: E-cigarettes: A new generation of addicts?

The fact that the same tobacco firms whose products have killed millions are developing the most effective ways yet devised to wean people off cigarettes may stick in the throat. But we may have to accept that the advent of e-cigarettes could be very much
DNA India (in)
added Jun 19, 2013 10:32
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Will E-Cigarettes Save Big Tobacco?

If Big Tobacco is wanting to start fresh with new branding because of the toxic association between the existing brands and those filthy, old traditional cigarettes, they are wide off the mark. Their market is existing smokers, not nonsmokers. Unless t
Forbes
added Jun 19, 2013 10:29
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[China, Russia, North Carolina] Morrisville tobacco supplier sales dip in U.S., increase abroad

Global cigarette tobacco processor and supplier Alliance One International (NYSE: AOI) of Morrisville reports increased sales in China and Russia over the past year, while seeing a 0.9 percent drop in the U.S.
Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
added Jun 19, 2013 10:26
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[Pennsylvania] Pa. AG sues contraband cigarette sellers

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane filed a civil lawsuit Friday against four individuals who allegedly sold cigarettes online and failed to pay state cigarette taxes.
Legal NewsLine
added Jun 19, 2013 02:34
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[UK] North West MEPs to visit Blackburn e-cig firm

NORTH West MEPs Chris Davies and Jacqueline Foster will visit e-cigarette firm Totally Wicked in the wake of announced plans to class the products as ‘medicines’. A spokesman for Totally Wicked said the firm was concerned from the announcement by the Med
Blackburn, Darwen And Hyndburn Citizen (uk)
added Jun 18, 2013 15:29
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LETTER: LANE: E-Cigarettes and Children

“E-Cigarettes at a Crossroads” (Business Day, June 13) shines light on Big Tobacco’s next cash cow. ... Flavorings like chocolate, cherry and peach are clearly not aimed at the typical middle-aged consumer seeking to quit an addiction involving tobacco,
New York Times
added Jun 18, 2013 13:52
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The Economist explains: Who opposes e-cigarettes, and why?

There is a good case for regulating e-cigarettes to ensure quality and safety, and to keep them out of the hands of children. But overly strict regulation could snuff out a new industry with the potential to save smokers from a lot of harm.
The Economist
added Jun 18, 2013 13:50
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A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity For British American Tobacco plc

Indeed, BAT announced earlier this year that it has appointed its former group operations director, Des Naughton, as managing director of its Next Generation Products division. Alongside him will flow substantial investment, with the company expecting a
Motley Fool UK
added Jun 18, 2013 13:47
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