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Feds seek full court review of graphic cigarette warnings
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is asking a federal appeals court to rehear a challenge to a requirement that tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice
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Quinn signs bills to reduce health care, raise tobacco tax
![Gov. <a id="PEPLT007466" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Pat Quinn" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/pat-quinn-PEPLT007466.topic">Pat Quinn</a> signed a package of bills into law Thursday that will slash health care coverage for the poor and hike cigarette taxes by $1-a-pack to help pay for the struggling <a id="HEPRG00001" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Medicaid" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/health/government-health-care/medicaid-HEPRG00001.topic">Medicaid</a> program.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-06/70457106-14064216-187105.jpg "Gov. <a id="PEPLT007466\" class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" title=\"Pat Quinn\" href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/pat-quinn-PEPLT007466.topic\">Pat Quinn</a> signed a package of bills into law Thursday that will slash health care coverage for the poor and hike cigarette taxes by $1-a-pack to help pay for the struggling <a id=\"HEPRG00001\" class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" title=\"Medicaid\" href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/health/government-health-care/medicaid-HEPRG00001.topic\">Medicaid</a> program.")
Gov. Pat Quinn signed a package of bills into law Thursday that will slash health care coverage for the poor and hike cigarette taxes by $1-a-pack to help pay for the struggling Medicaid program.
The $1.6 billion in cuts to the program come amid the...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Illinois Governor, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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Roanoke Valley resident leads national fight against cigar regulations
ReporterWhen the owners of Milan Tobacconists recently celebrated the shop's 100th anniversary, Glynn Loope was front and center. The Executive Director of the group Cigar Rights of America lives in Botetourt County. "Done 28 states in the last 24 months, and...Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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May 31, 2012, declared World No Tobacco Day in Washington County
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWashington County Commissioner Jeff Cline issued a proclamation, and a panel of experts discussed the dangers of tobacco and how the tobacco industry operates during World No Tobacco Day Thursday afternoon. “I’ve seen family members and...Tags: Quitting Smoking, Heart Disease, Lung Cancer, Lungs and Airways, Health
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Primary 2012: California voters OK changes to term limits for state legislators, appear reluctant to raise tobacco tax
Californians approved a change to term limits for state lawmakers, but a measure to raise tobacco taxes for the first time in nearly two decades was in trouble, voting returns showed late Tuesday. In Southern California contests, the nonpartisan race for...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Justice System, Voting, Lance Armstrong, Los Angeles Times
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Cigar Retailers Worry Regulations Could Burn Business
doug.magditch@cw33.com, Follow Me @DougMagditchKids: time to hang up your smoking jackets. The FDA is looking to regulate premium cigars. The reason? It says manufacturers market to kids. Local cigar retailers say the regulations could burn up their businesses. "We like to smoke cigars for stress...Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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ANTIQUES: Hidden value found in art tiles
Bargain-priced American art pottery vases are hard to find. But, art pottery tiles made by important companies still are inexpensive, because they have had little publicity. Tile collectors in England and Holland pay high prices for tiles made in their...Tags: Tommy Dorsey, Prices, Death Penalty, Library of Congress, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal)
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Alleged $100M customs fraud scheme uncovered
SAN DIEGO -- The head of a San Diego-based border trade agency faces federal charges, along with seven other people and three international trade companies, involving an alleged multimillion-dollar customs-fraud scheme, federal officials announced...
Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Salmonella Infection, Mexico, Internal Revenue Service
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Elon Musk of SpaceX: The goal is Mars
As shipments go, it was routine — about half a ton of supplies — except it was delivered by the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX partnered with NASA in this new model, the brainchild of Elon Musk, who's behind...
Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Engineering, NASA, PayPal, Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Cigarette use down, other tobacco up, CDC says
Cigarette consumption has gone down since 2008, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But other tobacco use has gone up. That includes use of pipe tobacco for roll-you-own cigarettes and cigarette-like cigars, the agency...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Quitting Smoking, Disease Prevention, McAfee, Inc., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Campaigns on California ballot measures raise $150 million
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With cigars, politicians protect Americans from getting the best
No one can deny that the American cigar industry leads a charmed life, especially in Pennsylvania. First came the Cuban trade embargo half a century ago, leaving Americans as the only people in the world who cannot legally obtain the world's best cigars,...
Tags: Economic Sanctions, Dominican Republic, Foreign Aid, E-Commerce Industry, Nazareth
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