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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
Apr 5, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Apr 6, 2013 05:04
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Lawmakers Unite to Fight FDA Cigar Regulations : Roll Call Lobbying & Influence
What do political opposites Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) and Allen West (R-Fla.) have in common? They both dig a good premium smoke.
Jun 6, 2012
Roll Call
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Jun 6, 2012 13:30
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Same meeting, different day – FDA fails to make real change to tobacco product consultation
Following Ruth Malone’s earlier letter declining to be part of a “facilitated dialogue” with the tobacco industry sponsored by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FDA revised the schedule and invited her again to a meeting with public health,
Feb 6, 2013
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
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Feb 12, 2013 00:56
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Pending FDA CTP Announcement Regarding Cigars Creates Tension among Cigar Smokers and the Cigar Industry
The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) and BnB Tobacco, a leading provider of premium cigars and tobacco products online, offers support for the H.R. 1639 or the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Pre
Feb 27, 2013
PR Web
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Feb 27, 2013 11:32
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[Europe] PANICHI: Stubbed out: why Australia is alone on cigarette plain packs
The push for the European Union to emulate Australia on packaging laws, however, has stalled. And here's why.
Jan 30, 2013
Crikey (au)
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Feb 2, 2013 16:53
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[Europe] [Press Release] Tobacco Products Directive very unlikely to increase illicit trade
Tobacconists and newsagent are demonstrating in Brussels to express their opposition to the draft Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). They claim that, if adopted, the text will increase counterfeiting and the parallel market (1). Experience has proven that
Jan 23, 2013
European Public Health Alliance (be)
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Jan 23, 2013 06:24
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Soda and Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns: How Do They Compare?
In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Andrew Cheyne and colleagues compare soda companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns - which are designed to bolster the image and popularity of their products and to p
Jun 19, 2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Jun 26, 2012 16:45
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Victory in the Philippines: President Signs Historic Cigarette Tax Increase
President Benigno Aquino has signed a new law that will significantly increase cigarette taxes. This new law will help reduce tobacco's deadly toll in the Philippines, where 28 percent of the population smokes - including nearly half of all men - and mor
Dec 21, 2012
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Dec 27, 2012 05:22
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[Russia] STAN: Nine ways Mitt is morally bankrupt
If true morality is evidenced by how one treats his fellow man, Romney’s reputation should be under water
Oct 10, 2012
Salon Magazine
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Nov 5, 2012 12:07
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[New York] Roll-your-own cigarettes win NY state tax fight
A new and savvy player dealing in loose tobacco rolled and packaged in retail stores but taxed far less than cigarettes has beaten New York's governor and Legislature . . . that lobbyist was former Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.
Jun 25, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Jun 25, 2012 13:01