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[Canada] Denis Coté's wonderful archive of tobacco promotions

plaintiff's valuable database of exhibits -- a selection of photographs taken by Denis Coté, the former editor of Info-Tabac. ... Looking at these photos today is a reminder of how Montreal's festival season was a veritable billboard for smoking!
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Apr 17, 2013 07:33
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: Cigarette smuggling and the tobacco industry

The salient point missing from Christopher Curtis’s stories on the illicit Mohawk cigarette trade is the culpability of the tobacco industry. As recently as 2010, Canadian giant JTI-Macdonald and Northern Brands International, a subsidiary of U.S. major
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added Apr 15, 2013 15:22
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[Ohio] Tobacco Museum needs help

"The Ohio Tobacco Museum's goal is not to promote smoking or to promote chewing tobacco," said board secretary Michelle Arnold. "It's to promote the history of tobacco and the history of the residents of the Ripley, Aberdeen, Higginsport and Georgetown a
Georgetown (OH) News Democrat
added Apr 15, 2013 07:57
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[Virginia] Star Scientific’s next controversy? Dietary aids

Now, having recently exited the tobacco business to focus instead on its relatively new venture into dietary supplements, Star Scientific has again become a magnet for controversy and is headed back to court, this time facing investors who argue the comp
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added Apr 16, 2013 14:34
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[South Carolina] Memories of King Tobacco

Eldred Prince and Benton Henry’s book “The Great Harvest: Remembering Tobacco in the Pee Dee” tells the story of the once golden crop and the people that grew it.
WBTW Channel 13
added Apr 14, 2013 12:29
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[Canada, New York] Treaty sets out border trade rights

“The Jay Treaty basically recognizes the inherent right aboriginal peoples have to live in their own territory. So while it may seem like the Mohawks are smuggling, they’re just taking goods from one end of their territory to the other.” In a sense, this
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added Apr 17, 2013 07:12
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[California] New Kids On The Block Won Over Prison Inmates With Smuggled Cigarettes

The band visited the prison during the peak of their boy bandpopularity in the late ’80s/early ’90s. ... “We smuggled cigarettes in on one of them and threw them out into the crowd,” continued McIntyre. “That’s how we won that crowd over. Nowadays we wo
KLLC-FM Alice@97.3 (San Francisco, CA)
added Apr 12, 2013 04:47
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Launch New Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use

today announced an ambitious, three-year collaboration to accelerate progress in reducing tobacco use, the nation's leading cause of preventable death. This new initiative comes as the United States nears the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Apr 12, 2013 00:50
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Young Women's Republican Club Photo: Milford, Connecticut Women Smoking Cigars In 1941

Huffington Post (blog)
added Apr 10, 2013 14:20
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[China] CHELALA: Comparing tobacco fight to the Opium Wars

while the U.S. government has been extremely successful in discouraging smoking at home, its pressure on Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand to break their domestic tobacco monopolies has resulted in their markets being flooded with American cigarette
Japan Times
added Apr 10, 2013 12:35
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