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RCMP pressured Canada Revenue Agency to not license Mohawk tobacco firms: court docs

The federal tax agency has faced pressure from the RCMP to stop licensing Kahnawake Mohawk cigarette manufacturers, court documents show. The documents also show that an RCMP investigator met with a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) official weeks before the f
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) (ca)
added Mar 14, 2013 15:43
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Not Your Grandfather’s Cigar / A New Generation of Cheap & Sweet Cigars Threatens a New Generation of Kids (PDF)

This report documents how the proliferation of new cigar products and their marketing has changed the market in ways that threaten our kids and establishes the need for common-sense regulation of cigars. It also explains how tobacco tax policy should be
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Mar 14, 2013 14:24
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Has the tobacco industry evaded the FDA's ban on ‘Light’ cigarette descriptors?

Tobacco manufacturers appear to have evaded a critical element of the FSPTCA, the ban on misleading descriptors that convey reduced health risk messages. The FPSTCA provides regulatory mechanisms, including banning these products as adulterated (Section 9
Tobacco Control
added Mar 14, 2013 02:14
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Philip Morris Names Calantzopoulos CEO Seeking China Growth

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) named Andre Calantzopoulos as chief executive officer, replacing Louis Camilleri, as the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company works to expand in China and develop new products.
Bloomberg News
added Mar 14, 2013 02:07
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[Canada, USA] Day 125: William Anthony Farone

Today was the first of his two-day appearance and the plaintiffs must be very happy with how it went. Not only did he allow some "hot documents" to become evidence, he kept the judge rapt with his stories of shenanigans in the boardrooms of Philip Morris
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Mar 14, 2013 01:56
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Cigarette companies settle dispute over payments to 17 states, including Virginia

Va. and others will split $4B from companies including Philip Morris
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added Mar 13, 2013 15:37
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Arbitration Panel reviews and enters settlement agreement in Master Settlement Agreement disputed payments case (PDF)

On March 12, 2013, the Arbitration Panel hearing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s claim related to its 2003 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payment ... Under the Term Sheet, based on the jurisdictions that have joined the agreement thus far, R.J. Reyno
Reynolds American (RAI)
added Mar 13, 2013 14:58
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New Report: Tobacco Companies Exploit Regulatory and Tax Loopholes to Market Cheap, Sweet Cigars that Entice Kids

cigar sales have more than doubled since 2000, driven by an explosion of cheap, sweet small cigars that entice kids, according to a report released today by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. National surveys show high school students are twice as likel
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Mar 13, 2013 11:51
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[UK] Association of Smoking Cessation and Weight Change With Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults With and Without Diabetes [FREE FULL TEXT]

In this community-based cohort, smoking cessation was associated with a lower risk of CVD events among participants without diabetes, and weight gain that occurred following smoking cessation did not modify this association. This supports a net cardiovas
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
added Mar 13, 2013 11:46
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[UK] Shock of Dorset's 3500 children who smoke

MORE than 3,500 Dorset children between the ages of 11 and 15 are risking their health by smoking, shocking figures have revealed. Health experts are calling on the government to act, claiming that tobacco companies are deliberately targeting youngsters
This is Bournemouth: The Bournemouth Daily Echo (uk)
added Mar 13, 2013 11:40
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