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Business licenses - January 2012
Business licenses issued in January 2012: • Leonard R. Renkenberger, 20202 National Pike, Beaver Creek Antiques, Hagerstown, trader’s license • Mattress Discounters Group LLC, 1730 Massey Blvd., Hagerstown, trader’s license, chain...Tags: Crossroads, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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How safe are e-cigarettes?
![<span style="font-size: small;">A Florida man's claim that an electronic cigarette battery exploded in his mouth, knocking out several teeth and destroying part of his tongue, raises questions about the safety of e-cigarettes.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68157761-16134707.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">A Florida man's claim that an electronic cigarette battery exploded in his mouth, knocking out several teeth and destroying part of his tongue, raises questions about the safety of e-cigarettes.</span>")
FactFinder 12 InvestigatorA Florida man's claim that an electronic cigarette battery exploded in his mouth, knocking out several teeth and destroying part of his tongue, raises questions about the safety of e-cigarettes. An estimated 2.5 million Americans use the devices as an...Tags: Electronics, Quitting Smoking, Science and Technology
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Battle Over Tobacco Labeling Continues
A U.S. District judge has blocked the federal government's ruling that cigarette manufacturers must place large graphic photos on packaging to show the dangers of smoking. Judge Richard Leon says the requirement, which was supposed to begin next year,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Politics, Human Rights, Judges
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Dems back tobacco tax, doubling term limits
SAN DIEGO -- The California Democratic Party voted Sunday to back measures on the June ballot that would raise the tax on tobacco products to fund research into cancer and other smoking-related illness and loosen term limits as it concluded its three-...Tags: Lance Armstrong, Health, Cycling, Politics, Medical Research
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'Quit for Love': Dept. of Health urges users to quit on Valentine's Day
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is offering free, four-week nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT, kits and counseling support to residents trying to quit using tobacco. The kits will be available through the state&...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Holidays
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Smoking programs not keeping pace
![ Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the <a href="http://www.lungusa.org/" target="_blank">American Lung Association</a>due out today.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/288511760-18123700.jpg " Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the <a href="http://www.lungusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\">American Lung Association</a>due out today.")
Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the American Lung Associationdue out today.
In its 10th annual State of Tobacco Control Report...Tags: Government, Pharmaceuticals, Public Employees, Career and Workplace, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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UPDATED: Virginia lawmaker proposes tobacco tax increase, car tax cut
ReporterHealth activists who hope to curb smoking in Virginia have a new strategy, and it involves cutting the car tax. A Delegate from northern Virginia has introduced a bill that would raise the state's cigarette tax by more than $1.00 a pack, and devote...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Politics, Passenger Cars, Republican Party
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Inspections find underage tobacco sales down
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It's getting harder for teens to illegally buy tobacco products. State excise police have been using undercover teenagers to test whether shopkeepers are following cigarette sales laws. The Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program is... -
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Feds argue cigarette packs should bear large graphic images
![<span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/67779758-01105639.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.</span>")
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.
Cigarette makers told...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Justice System, Washington, DC, Politics
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Roll-your-own cigarettes is lighting up a fight in Richmond
NEWS7 Senior ReporterA fight over roll-your-own cigarettes is heating up in Richmond. New machines in a growing number of shops have gotten the attention of Virginia's cigarette makers. The issue is now lighting up the legislature. The customer dumps the loose tobacco,...Tags: Philip Morris USA, Chesterfield County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Fight over roll-your-own cigarettes is lighting up the legislature
ReporterThe customer dumps the loose tobacco, loads the paper tubes, punches a few buttons on a touch screen and the RYO Filling Station comes to life, cranking out the finished cigarettes It’s easy to see why shops like Tobacco Direct have become...Tags: Labor Legislation, Philip Morris USA, Chesterfield County, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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