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El fabricante de Marlboro lanza su primer cigarrillo electrónico
Nueva York, 11 jun (EFE).- La tabaquera estadounidense Altria, que fabrica marcas como Marlboro, anunció hoy el lanzamiento en agosto próximo de su primer cigarrillo electrónico, llamado MarkTen, con el que busca entrar de lleno en este creciente mercado....Tags: Reynolds American Incorporated, Altria Group, Inc.
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NY proposal would make 21 minimum age for tobacco
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Groceries, Food and Drug Administration, Advertising, Altria Group, Inc.
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Government Health Care, Elections, Health Insurance
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U.S. to revise cigarette warning labels
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and...
Tags: Politics, Health Organizations, Food and Drug Administration, John Boehner, Altria Group, Inc.
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Bloomberg's new plan: hide cigarettes
NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach. The ban, which...
Tags: American Lung Association, Manhattan (New York City), Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations
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Wedded: Alexandra Heifetz and Kyle Jones
For The Baltimore SunWedding Day: Aug. 11, 2012 Her story: Alexandra Heifetz-Jones, 29, grew up in Dayton. She lives in Davis, Calif., and is in her second year at the University of California-Davis School of Law. Her mother, Suzanne Heifetz, is a clinical social worker in...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Arts, Education, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities
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Campaigns on California ballot measures raise $150 million
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Colleges move toward absolute bans on smoking
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of exam season. Right or wrong, they were her security blanket as she toiled through college....
Tags: The Ohio State University, City University of New York, Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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Prop. 29 would impose $1 cigarette tax
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- California's primary elections are around the corner and one of the propositions has been making national headlines. Proposition 29 would put a $1 tax on every pack of cigarettes sold in California. If passed, it is expected to raise more...Tags: American Lung Association, Politics, Republican Party, Elections, Primaries
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Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push
The problem facing cigarette manufacturers decades ago involved tragic deaths and bad publicity, but it had nothing to do with cancer. It had to do with house fires. Smoldering cigarettes were sparking fires and killing people. And tobacco executives...
Tags: Politics, Trials, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Michael Hawthorne, Furnishings and Furniture Industry
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Tobacco companies add $15 million to fight cigarette tax
PolitiCalTobacco companies are stepping up their efforts to defeat Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. On Friday, the parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported giving...... -
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: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Chesterfield County, Tobacco Products
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