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Oral statement to Parliament / The Queen’s Speech 2013

HM The Queen addressed Parliament about the legislative programme for government. Originally given at Houses of Parliament.
GOV.UK
added May 8, 2013 12:52
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[Missouri, New York] Local company involved in cigarette fraud scheme

Federal authorities say an Independence company has been part of a $4 million scheme to illegally sell cigarettes and avoid taxes. But they won't say who it is.
Independence (MO) Examiner
added May 8, 2013 12:48
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Little league contest to come up with new anti-chewing tobacco slogan

Oral Health America's National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) is putting on the 2013 NSTEP Slogan Contest on the health consequences of using spit tobacco. In ten words or less, Little League and softball players 14 and under can win a trip to t
WKTV News Channel 2 NBC (Utica, NY)
added May 8, 2013 12:44
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Feds Spend $402,721 on Underwear That Senses Cigarette Smoke

(NIH) has awarded more than $400,000 to a research project ... The goal of the three-year study is to “develop a wearable sensor system comprised of a breathing sensor integrated into conventional underwear.” The Personal Automatic Cigarette Tracker (PA
CNSNews
added May 8, 2013 12:25
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Obama's cigarette tax up in smoke

That's the attitude within the West Wing, too -- rather than a marquee idea, aides say the 94-cents-per-pack cigarette tax was in fact not a priority, and there are no plans to build a public case for it. The tax was just the most politically palatable i
Politico
added May 8, 2013 07:12
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In D.C. Circuit, Lobbyists Fight Obama Lobbying Ban

lawyers for a half-dozen lobbyists contend the Obama administration's prohibition on federal lobbyists from sitting on agency boards and commissions has "punished" their clients.
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
added May 7, 2013 18:27
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Understanding the Tobacco Control Act: efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration to make tobacco-related morbidity and mortality part of the USA's past, not its future

With passing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) in June, 2009, important new regulatory approaches were added to the tobacco prevention and control arsenal. This is the first in a Series of three papers about t
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:23
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[UK, USA] Saving lives with the US Tobacco Control Act

More than 175 countries are already Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but the USA is not yet counted among them. As Husten and Deyton rightly underline, the FDA's regulatory authorities will be most effective at reducing tobacco-caus
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:20
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[China, Rhode Island] Chinese National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling Counterfeit Tobacco Products into the U.S.

Lin Xiao Wei, 33, a Chinese national, was sentenced on Friday to 16 months in federal prison for importing counterfeit tobacco products into the United States from China, earmarked for Rhode Island. In February 2013, Wei admitted to the court that in Febr
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
added May 6, 2013 19:10
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[China, Rhode Island] Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Counterfeit Tobacco Products Into the U.S.

Lin Xiao Wei, 32, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to importing counterfeit tobacco products into the United States from China, earmarked for Rhode Island. Wei admitted to the court that beginning in February 2
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
added May 6, 2013 19:08
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