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• Packet of 25 cigarettes to cost more than $40 by 2020 under Labor
  on Nov 26, 2015 in Australia cigarette prices
  The Labor Party has announced a plan which would see a packet of 25 cigarettes cost more than $40 by 2020.The price rise would stem from gradual increases in the tax on cigarettes continuing beyond 2017, if Labor is elected.The Opposition said the po...
• Low Nicotine Cigarettes Answer To User Dependence
  on Nov 17, 2015 in low-nicotine cigarettes
  A new study shows that nicotine dependence on cigarettes can be trimmed off in some extent. The researchers show that users that switch to using low nicotine content cigarettes tend to smoke less and may actually stop their smoking habit in the futur...
• Reynolds Starts ad Campaign for American Spirit
  on Jul 17, 2015 in Reynolds American
  A Reynolds American Inc. subsidiary has launched a new national magazine advertising campaign for its premium Natural American Spirit cigarette brand.The full-page ads will appear in such magazines as Sports Illustrated, Time, Field and Stream, South...
• Dartmouth Crossing Costco to Stop Selling Tobacco Products
  on Jun 26, 2015 in tobacco products
  Costco’s Dartmouth Crossing location has announced it is quitting tobacco products.The store posted a notice to customers saying it will stop selling tobacco products after August 31.The news is getting a mixed reaction from Costco customers, some...
• Will Saskatchewan Ban Sale of Menthol Cigarettes?
  on Jun 5, 2015 in Canada menthol
   “Out of 15 to 19 year olds in Saskatchewan, 20 per cent smoke,” said Saskatchewan Lung Association health promotion vice-president Jennifer Miller.That’s one of the highest smoking rates among youth in the country.“If we look at the las...
• Five Cigarette Companies Among Armenia's Top 20 Taxpayers
  on May 13, 2015 in Armenia tobacco companies
  Two of the largest cigarette producers in Armenia are Grand Tobacco and International Masis Tabac.In the first quarter of this year Grand Tobacco paid 2.528 billion (US$ 5.261 million) in taxes, up from 1.733 billion AMD in the same period last year.
• Bid to Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids Fails
  on Apr 30, 2015 in Illinois smoking ban
   The Illinois Senate snuffed out a proposal Wednesday to ban smoking in cars with kids.The measure, designed to limit exposure to second-hand smoke, received just eight "yes" votes out of a possible 59 in the Legislature's upper chamber.Opponent...
• Should Feds Ban Menthol-Flavoured Tobacco?
  on Apr 15, 2015 in flavoured tobacco menthol
  As the federal government tries to crack down on flavoured-tobacco products, including little cigars, ostensibly targeted to youth, there’s an ongoing tug-of-war over the menthol equivalent. Back in 2010, Ottawa banned flavours said to appeal to te...
• 1 in 5 Americans Still Smoke
  on Mar 23, 2015 in smoking rates USA
  More than 50 years after the first U.S. surgeon general's report on its dangers, smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. And almost three out of four of those in this country who still smoke say they w...
• New York Bars Where You Can Still Have a Smoke
  on Feb 20, 2015 in New York smoking in bars
  Bars would close up shop, owners said. No one would come to a restaurant if they couldn't smoke in peace after a belly-filling meal. Sure, the world would be safe for the pink-lunged, white-toothed and long-of-breathed. But what about the smokers —...

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