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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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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.
Roll Call
added 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,
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
added 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
PR Web
added 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.
Crikey (au)
added 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
European Public Health Alliance (be)
added 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
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
added 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
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added 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
Salon Magazine
added 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.
AP - Associated Press
added Jun 25, 2012 13:01
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