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First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 mins ago - 6 reports

Illegal cigarette trade seen to cost gov’t P8B a year

Next to oil smuggling, the illicit trade of cigarettes has become a key concern of the Philippines, with the government seen to lose a potential revenue of P8 billion this year, LTG Group president Michael Tan said.Speaking to reporters after the annual ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - 6 mins ago]

Entities: Michael Tan, Illegal, Tobacco, Smuggling, Illicit

First reported 43 mins ago - Updated 7 mins ago - 3 reports

Electronic Cigarette

How E-cigarettes May Save Big Tobacco Dividends with Lower Adult Smoking Rates

The same domestic trend has been in place for years, with declining cigarette case volumes yet higher and higher dividends from the big tobacco companies. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows yet another big drop in ... [Published 24/7 Wall St - 7 mins ago]

Entities: Electronic Cigarette, Tobacco, Smoking, Dividend

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 2 reports

FEATURE-Palestinian tobacco faces threat from crackdown on black economy

Palestinian farmers sow tobacco sprouts in the rocky earth of the northern West Bank, reaping a harvest that provides a reliable livelihood in the struggling occupied territory. ... [Published XE - 40 mins ago]

Entities: Tobacco, Threat, Occupied Territory

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Kentucky Passes Smoking Ban, South Beach Smoke Offers Smoking Alternative

Miami, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/19/2013 -- Mayfield, Kentucky has given preliminary approval to ban smoking in public places. The City Council voted 6-4 to pass, but will require a second vote to make it final. South Beach Smoke, a popular electronic cigarette ... [Published SBWire - 2 hours ago]

Entities: South Beach Smoke, Tobacco, Smoking, Electronic Cigarette, Smoking Ban

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

World Health Organization

Price of cigarettes in Russia to jump 50 next year

USA The Russian Ministry of Finance plans to raise tax on tobacco by 50% to bring it closer to European levels. The World Health Organization has suggested Russia needs a seven-fold increase by 2020. The draft legislation is to be presented to the government ... [Published Big News Network - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Russia, Russian Ministry of Finance, World Health Organization, Tobacco

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines ()

CANDON, Philippines (AFP) - Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, where family fortunes as well as political empires are built on the golden leaf. ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Philippines, Enrichment, Tobacco

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Rwanda Cancer Hospital Hosts Debate On Smoking

Health officials, government leaders and representatives of different NGOs last week convened at Butaro Hospital, in Burera District to discuss issues pertaining tobacco smoking. During the discussion, participants also commended efforts by government ... [Published Big News Network - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Rwanda, Smoking, Cancer

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Packing Altria Into The Tobacco Company Comparison

A few weeks ago, we compared the two then-current Magic Formula Investing tobacco stocks, Lorillard (LO) and Vector Group (VGR). Late last week yet another tobacco firm joined the fray, the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the space, Altria Group (MO). ... [Published Citybizlist - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Altria Group Inc, Tobacco, Marlboro (United States)

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 4 reports

State To Crack Down On Alcohol, Tobacco Sales To Minors

ATC Commissioner Troy Hebert says the effort is timed to coincide with a usual summer spike in such sales."Studies show that teens are much more likely to try alcohol and tobacco for the first time during summer months," Hebert said.The office will increase ... [Published WQUE-FM - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Crack Down, Tobacco, Alcohol

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 3 reports

Officials Battle Obesity Tobacco With Healthy Base Initiative

By Amaani LyleAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 The Defense Department has teamed with the White House, industry, medical communities and installation leaders to assess obesity and tobacco programs for the total workforce, a Pentagon ... [Published Big News Network - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Obesity, Tobacco, Initiative

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 7 reports

Are e-cigarettes safe to puff?

As electronic or e-cigarettes grow in popularity, some health advocates want them to be regulated.E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that use a liquid-filled cartridge that can contain mint, vanilla or other flavourings . The contents are vaporized ... [Published MSN Canada - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Nicotine, Selby (United States), Electronic Cigarette

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 7 reports

More Restrictive Teen Tobacco Policies May Reduce Adult Smoking

States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking may consider implementing stringent tobacco restrictions on teens, suggests a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers discovered that states with ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Tobacco, Smoking, Washington University School of Medicine

Quotes

...assistance dollars, the government clearly has failed in its responsibility to the taxpayers footing the bill," Little said in a press release. "Stronger laws are needed so that this public benefit isn't misused."

Law proposed to curb public assistance abuse [Published Adirondack Daily Enterprise - 27 mins ago]

...as endemic poverty, HIV and Aids epidemic that escalates the problem of orphan-hood and destitution thereby rendering vulnerable to trafficking. "The common themes are poverty, desperation, sex discrimination and a severe lack of work opportunities in our country" she emphasizes

Malawi's Internal Human Trafficking Is Higher Than That of Transnational [Published Individual.com - 34 mins ago]

"People can only take getting pushed into poverty so much. If the government doesn't let up, the youth could lose patience and the Arab Spring could come here from a cigarette!" he shouted, stabbing his cigarette in the air

FEATURE-Palestinian tobacco faces threat from crackdown on black economy [Published CNBC - 1 hour ago]

...It'll be a country-western bar. Cacciapaglia says that's not going to change opponents' minds. "The staff's concern involves the intense nightclub use, parking issues, disorderly conduct from the crowds being let out at closing time, it's just not appropriate use for that location it's not going to affect staff's recommendations."

Rockford nightclub owner no-show at public hearing [Published 13 WREX-TV - 1 hour ago]

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Community leaders honored for tobacco preventio... [Published TCPalm - 24 mins ago]
The euro reached a four-month high against the ... [Published Stock Markets Review - 24 mins ago]
Opportunities along the highway to the future [Published TriCities.com - 24 mins ago]
Law proposed to curb public assistance abuse [Published Adirondack Daily Enterprise - 27 mins ago]
Win a VIP Photo shoot [Published Stylist Magazine - 29 mins ago]
Malawi's Internal Human Trafficking Is Higher T... [Published Individual.com - 34 mins ago]
FEATURE-Palestinian tobacco faces threat from c... [Published XE - 40 mins ago]
How E-cigarettes May Save Big Tobacco Dividends... [Published 24/7 Wall St. - 42 mins ago]
Tan group keen on recapitalizing PNB [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - 43 mins ago]
Will E-Cigarettes Save Big Tobacco? [Published Forbes.com - 43 mins ago]
Bridgeport e-cigarette shop sparks excitement [Published Main Line Life - 43 mins ago]
Imperial Tobacco Group’s “Neutral” Rating Reaff... [Published Mideast Time - 46 mins ago]
V2 Electronic Cigarettes Get Great Reviews, But... [Published Inquisitr - 49 mins ago]
Southern Maryland Meats Program seeks retail ve... [Published Maryland Bay Net - 54 mins ago]
New school buses join fleet [Published YourGV.com - 1 hour ago]
Despite weather, project proceeding on warehouse [Published YourGV.com - 1 hour ago]
FEATURE-Palestinian tobacco faces threat from c... [Published CNBC - 1 hour ago]
Drink This: Bar Isabels A Woman Scorned [Published Postcity.com - 1 hour ago]
Public record: June 10 to June 16 [Published Lebanon-Express - 1 hour ago]
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Wallingford briefs June 19 [Published Record-Journal.com - 1 hour ago]
Rockford nightclub owner no-show at public hearing [Published 13 WREX-TV - 1 hour ago]
Product/Study : Modelling risk factor informati... [Published Statistics Canada - 2 hours ago]
It's time to talk about Drug Policy [Published Australian Democrats - 2 hours ago]
Top Insider Trades: VGR, CTHS, AMCX, MBRG [Published The Street Latest - 2 hours ago]

Blogs

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How E-cigarettes May Save Big Tobacco Dividends... [Published 24/7 Wall St. - 42 mins ago] The same domestic trend has been in place for years, with declining cigarette case volumes yet higher and higher dividends from the big tobacco companies. The latest Centers for Disease Control and... ...
The nicotine takeover [Published Velvet Glove, Iron Fist - 3 hours ago] I've written an article for Spiked about the medicalisation of e-cigarettes. The recent MHRA decision was bad news for vapers, but there is a bigger picture. It is not just e-cigarettes that will be controlled by the medical establishment. All 'nicotine-containing ...
"Only The Poor Die Young" by Johan P. Mackenbach [Published Social Europe Journal - 8 hours ago] Johan P. Mackenbach People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income) have shorter and less healthy lives, on average, than those on higher rungs. Indeed, life expectancy at birth often ...
Higher Tobacco Taxes Can Improve Health and Rai... [Published Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed - 10 hours ago] The President’s proposal to raise the federal excise tax on tobacco products and use the additional revenue to expand preschool education could achieve the dual goals of reducing the number of premature deaths due to smoking and raising an estimated $78 ...
Byron Anis Review [Published The Northerner Blog - 15 hours ago] Byron Anis from SPT Developed by Scandinavian Premium Tobacco AB, Byron Anis is part of SPT’s newly rebranded line of Cuban snus and is one of the replacements for the old Romeo y Julieta line of snus which was discontinued earlier this month. ...

Audio/Video

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NJOY CEO: We’re Taking on Big Tobacco [Published FOX Business - Video - 17 hours ago]
E-cigarettes from Big Tobacco coming soon [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - Jun 11 2013]
Big tobacco lights up new e-cigarette [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - Jun 06 2013]
Smoking study reveals high costs of smoking for... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Jun 05 2013]
Raveena Tandon Celebrates 'World No Tobacco Day' ! [Published Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - May 28 2013]

Press Releases

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Fitch to Rate Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - Jun 14 2013]
Philip Morris International (PMI) Declares Regu... [Published EON Business - Jun 12 2013]
Court Upholds $35 Million In Compensatory Damag... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Jun 11 2013]
New Market Report Now Available: Sam's West, In... [Published PR inside - Jun 09 2013]
White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes Introduces Ne... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Jun 07 2013]