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Tobacco firms use apps to push smoking message

The report, by a team working in Tobacco Control, says there are a rising number of smartphone apps which portray smoking in a positive way - breaching World Health Organization rules banning the advertisement of goods containing tobacco. The researcher
Press Association (uk)
added Oct 22, 2012 06:41
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R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company bringing ‘VUSE’ Digital Vapor Cigarette to Colorado

strong awareness of the category among adult smokers and many are trying e-cigarettes, but few adult smokers are switching to them entirely. That’s because the products currently on the market aren’t providing everything adult smokers are looking for. We
Reynolds American (RAI)
added Jun 6, 2013 16:39
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Michele Simon: When Will the FDA Stand Up to Big Tobacco?

Yes, you read that right: industry is alleging conflict of interest. This is the industry that created an entire front group called the Tobacco Institute whose mission was to obstruct, misdirect, and delay scientific research related to the deadly impact
Huffington Post (blog)
added May 3, 2013 02:59
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Australia's Plain Packaging Law Negatively Impacting Retailers

Australian retailers worried new regulations requiring plain packaging for tobacco products would affect their bottom line, and new research indicates they had a right to worry. Roy Morgan Research, based in Australia, found that increased administrative
Convenience Store News
added Mar 27, 2013 11:55
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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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[China, UK, Georgia] A discussion of the tobacco industry’s exploitation of “smoke-free” Olympic Games

internal documents released as a result of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (.pdf). While excluded from the venue itself, the industry extended its far-reaching tentacles into the immediate areas adjacent to and surrounding the Olympic Ring. T
Stanford Law & Policy Review
added Aug 6, 2012 18:02
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Philip Morris hits at UK over plain packs ($$)

A report commissioned by the maker of Marlboro and Benson & Hedges – seen by the Financial Times – said the DoH’s cornerstone study on plain packaging, failed to provide evidence that it would reduce smoking rates and relied on studies that were “not reli
Financial Times (uk)
added Jun 10, 2012 15:30
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Big Tobacco bets a packet on e-cigarettes

Reynolds, the second-biggest US tobacco company by market share, has hailed e-smoking as a “game-changer” for the industry, with chief executive Dan Delen on Thursday calling the launch a “fantastic business opportunity”. Reynolds’ move comes as the ind
Financial Times (uk)
added Jun 6, 2013 16:36
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[UK] Plain cigarette packet plan dropped because of legal threat

Lawyers for cig giants Philip Morris – makers of Marlboro – claimed the move was illegal under both UK and EU law
The Mirror (uk)
added May 13, 2013 04:19
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[Philippines] Cigarette prices and inflation uptick

For the first time in the history of taxation in the Philippines, an excise tax law favors imports over local products like cigarettes.
Malaya (ph)
added Mar 11, 2013 18:01
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