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E-Cig Summit – Jan, 2013

January 28th and 29th Las Vegas, Nevada On January 5, 2011 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that certain tobacco products introduced or changed since Feb. 15, 2007 must be reviewed by the agency.
SFATA (Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association)
added Jan 4, 2013 10:00
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[Missouri, New York] ATF raids warehouse on Seneca Nation Reservation

IRVING - The Wolf's Run Trading Post was raided by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday.
Dunkirk (NY) Observer
added Sep 27, 2012 09:54
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"Tobacco Tax Equity Act" Introduced, Including Possible Tax on E-Cigarettes?

Tobacco Law blog— Troutman Sanders LLP
added May 15, 2012 01:56
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Big Tobacco Already Resisting Obama's Proposal To Fund Universal Preschool With Cigarette Taxes

But Big Tobacco's powerful lobbying arm disagrees. "We oppose another federal tax increase on tobacco products," a spokesperson for the Altria Group, the biggest lobbying organization representing the tobacco industry, told the Huffington Post on Friday.
Think Progress (blog)
added Apr 10, 2013 16:41
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Marlboro Box Defaced in Australia Where Future Is Now

the future of cigarette packs is on display in Australia, and it’s not that pretty: large, graphic images of gangrenous limbs and cancer victims, with brand names printed in a uniform font on a background legally defined as “drab dark brown.”
Bloomberg News
added Oct 5, 2012 14:11
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[California] Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain

relatively few people have heard of Richard Fink. And even fewer know of his connections to Big Tobacco – connections which may have influenced the creation and actions of Koch-funded front groups for decades to come. With the Kochs’ support, Fink estab
The Checks and Balances Project
added Feb 6, 2013 05:41
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Star Scientific leaving smokeless business

Star Scientific Inc. said Monday it is getting out of the smokeless tobacco business, discouraged by the regulatory environment for its Ariva and Stonewall Hard products. The company, based in Glen Allen, Va., said it will concentrate on its pharmaceuti
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
added Dec 18, 2012 04:25
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[Europe] No EU objections to Hungary's tobacco retail bill

Neither the European Commission (EC) nor any EU state filed an objection against the Hungarian tobacco trading bill by Friday’s deadline. . . . The bill would make tobacco trading a state monopoly in Hungary, stipulating one tobacco retail kiosk for ever
realdeal.hu
added Aug 22, 2012 14:56
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SIEGEL: Federal Court Rules that Lawsuit Against FDA for Conflicts of Interest on TPSAC Can Proceed

I completely agree that the financial conflicts of interest by virtue of four of the TPSAC members having financial relationships with Big Pharma companies that manufacture smoking cessation products should be disqualifying. The TPSAC is directly recomme
The Rest of the Story-Tobacco Analasys and Commentary (Michael Siegel blog)
added Aug 13, 2012 15:59
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Obama Tobacco Tax To Fund Preschool Faces Industry Resistance

the White House will be taking on a formidable foe with significant lobbying clout. The Altria Group, the tobacco industry's largest lobbying organization, on Friday immediately came out against the idea of using an increased tobacco tax to pay for presch
Huffington Post (blog)
added Apr 6, 2013 05:04
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