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Cigarettes Can Spark Wildfires, Firefighters Warn
EL PASO COUNTY - Firefighters say all it takes is one cigarette to start a massive wildfire given the right conditions.

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Society wants Cigarettes hidden from view
The Cancer Society says it is incomprehensible that tobacco can be sold in the same way as bread and milk.

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Fire Safe Cigarettes Bill On Way to Governor BRedesen
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Legislation that would allow only fire-safe Cigarettes to be sold in Tennessee is headed to the governor for his consideration.

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McGregor happy with cigarette-free life
Movie star Ewan McGregor says he is having a generally better life after quitting smoking because of the peace of just relaxing and not having to hunt for Cigarettes, ashtrays and lighters.

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Radical anti-smoking laws looming
* Move to ban cigarette vending machines
* Shops may be forced to put tobacco out of sight
* Proposal to ban smoking in cars carrying kids

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From the mouths of pre-teens
They’re smart, funny and quite serious. In fact, one of the 62 letters to the editor that landed on my desk last week ended, “I hope my letter can change the world.”

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New Australian legislation on the way to ban flavouRed Cigarettes and regulate use of solariums
As a result of an agreement between state and federal health ministers, the sale of flavouRed Cigarettes will be banned in Australia.

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Cigarettes of low tar and nicotine harmful
HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Cigarettes containing low levels of tar and nicotine were still harmful and the best way to protect one's health was to quit smoking, said a spokesman for Hong Kong's Department of Health here Tuesday.

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Illinois Senate advances ban on flavoRed Cigarettes
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate on Thursday moved to take the flavor out of flavoRed Cigarettes, saying the mint, fruit and candy-flavoRed smokes are clearly designed to appeal to kids.

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Fire-safe cigarette paper coming to Texas in January
AUSTIN -- Careless smokers will have a new safeguard against accidentally starting a house fire, thanks to new fire-safe Cigarettes going on the Texas market in the coming months.

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Health insurance, Babcock Ranch and Cigarettes
With three weeks left to push through his health insurance plan, Gov. Charlie Crist began Tuesday morning by continuing to turn on the pressure for his health insurance plan.

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Kentucky mandates fire-safe Cigarettes
Starting this month, every cigarette sold in Kentucky must be fire-safe. The Cigarettes feature special technology to help prevent fires, but some customers feel like they're the ones getting burned.

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Research indicates genetic factors cause smoking addiction
Social behavior thought to have been leading factor in addiction; science may prove otherwise

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Enough is enough for state taxes on Cigarettes
While I once again admit smoking is a bad habit, I must ask, when is enough enough?

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Loretta Napoleoni: The Globalization of Tobacco
Last week, the bear hurricane hit the stock market. In the space of 24 hours, world stock exchanges fell one after the other, like dominoes, and a large slice of global profits went up in smoke.

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FDA-Approved Cancer Sticks
The difference between preventing smoking and protecting smokers

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Up in smoke: New York Cigarettes hit $9 a pack
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post in which I mentioned New York's plans to raise taxes on Cigarettes.

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Fire-Safe Cigarettes
Governor Doyle signed a bill into law today that requires all Cigarettes sold in Wisconsin to be fire-safe.

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Cigarette price hike 'leads to More intense smoking'
Increasing the cost of Cigarettes may actually force smokers to smoke More intensely, an international researcher says.

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Tax package would add $1 to Cigarettes
Smokers would have to pay an extra $1 per pack of Cigarettes under a tax package headed for a vote in the House this week.

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Carlson: Indeed, cigarette sales went south (to Missouri)
Eagleville, Mo. — The guy tossing a dozen cartons of Winstons into the trunk of the car with the Polk County license plates looked stricken, as if he'd been accused of being an al-Qaida terrorist.

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Plan for cigarette tax boost spurs support, dissent
Health, revenue gains touted, but smokers, merchants complain

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Fire-Safe Cigarettes Now Sold In Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 3, 2008) - All Cigarettes now sold in Kentucky must be "fire safe," according to a law that went into effect April 1.

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Sweet Cigarettes ban possible
THE Federal Government is considering a ban on flavouRed Cigarettes, fearing they may encourage young people to smoke.

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In brief: Cigarettes and Clayton ethics
House passes cigarette bill

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Doctor Suggests Cell Phones May Be Riskier Than Cigarettes
The danger of developing a brain tumor from extended mobile phone use is greater than the risk presented by smoking, an Australian doctor has concluded.

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Students hit tobacco ad pressure
On Wednesday, Chattanooga high schoolers plan to kick back against cigarette advertisements that target youth as part of national “Kick Butts” Day.

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Study: Cell Phones Could Be More Dangerous Than Cigarettes
A study by an award-winning cancer expert shows that cell phone use could kill More people than smoking, it is reported.

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Half of shops sell Cigarettes to minors
New research shows that almost half of all shop retailers and two thirds of licensed premises are willing to sell Cigarettes to minors.

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Ash and ruin
The clampdown tightens. How much harder will life get for smokers?

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NOTTINGHAM TRADERS SPEAK OUT OVER 'HIDDEN Cigarettes'
Nottingham's shopkeepers have spoken out against Government plans to keep Cigarettes out of sight.

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Big Tobacco Faces Further Cigarette Market Declines In The U.S.
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The future of Big Tobacco in the U.S. is looking hazy.

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Cigarettes may be sold 'under the counter'
Cigarettes may have to be sold under the counter as part of new Government proposals described as "creepy and authoritarian".

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Plan to ban cigarette display
Shopkeepers could be banned from displaying Cigarettes under plans being consideRed by the Government.

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Lights Out for Smokers in Himalayan Kingdom
THIMPHU, Bhutan -- As Bhutan sets about measuring the kingdom's happiness levels, one group might not be smiling: smokers.

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Many Moms Use Cigarettes, Marijuana, Alcohol During Pregnancy; Dads Don't Help, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2008) — Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy ...

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Stores shut for selling Cigarettes to minors
Sharjah: More than 20 grocery stores have been shut down in Sharjah and Ajman for selling Cigarettes to underage children, municipality officials told Gulf News.

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Tobacco culture not native
Within his lifetime, Stephen Yellowhawk has fought stereotypes about his Native American culture and heritage.

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Daniel Radcliffe dubbed 'Harry Puffer' with smoking habit
SQUEAKY clean screen boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe has been dubbed "Harry Puffer" by cast mates, who have warned him to cut back on his smoking.

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Third try at quitting might be up to snuff
During my sophoMore year at Ball State in 1984, I started chewing Skoal Longcut Apple.

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Pupils' lesson in saying no to Cigarettes
A NO smoking message has put these young pupils off Cigarettes for life.

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Walls of smokes coming down
It’s usually one of the first things you see in a convenience store.

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Cigarettes, alcohol and gas guzzlers
RESIDENTS in Bromsgrove and South Birmingham will pay More for Cigarettes and alcohol after the Chancellor's budget announcement yesterday (Wednesday).

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Call for all Cigarettes to be sold in plain cardboard packs
Cigarettes should be sold in plain, dull cardboard packs, with nothing but the health warning and the brand name allowed, researchers at the University of Sydney School of Public Health have argued in a major review published in the international research journal, Addiction.

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Darling clobbers booze, Cigarettes
Alistair Darling has slapped More tax on Cigarettes and alcohol as he scaled back on his economic forecast.

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Mayor of Sefton pledges to quit Cigarettes as national No Smoking Day nears
MAYOR of Sefton Councillor Richard Hands has quit – and he couldn’t be More delighted!

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Beshear Stands By 70 Cent Cigarette Tax Hike Proposal
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear says he's standing by his proposal to boost the state's tax on Cigarettes to $1 per pack, despite opposition from Democratic House legislators.

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Bill introduced to prohibit false cigarette labeling
NEW YORK: Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) introduced legislation to prohibit tobacco companies from using a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cigarette testing method to market their Cigarettes as "light" or "low-tar."

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China officials urged to curb social smoking
BEIJING, March 10 (Reuters) - Chinese government employees should be banned from offering or receiving Cigarettes on social occasions, a member of Parliament said, a move that would reverse an entrenched tradition and is unlikely to see the light of day.

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Swayze told to quit Cigarettes
DOCTORS have had to ORDER PATRICK SWAYZE to give up Cigarettes in their battle to treat his pancreatic cancer.

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Cigars Would Be Cigarettes; Hard Lemonade a Distilled Spirit
To raise More revenue, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) proposes Redefining little cigars as Cigarettes and "hard" lemonade and other flavoRed alcohol drinks as liquor instead of beer.

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Tax Cigarettes, not universities
At least he didn't say "Read my lips."

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Studies Expose Health Hazards of Hookah Use
The ancient custom of smoking hookah hasn’t typically raised health concerns among college students.

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Non-filter cigarette duty dampens industry spirit
KOLKATA: Finance minister P Chidambaram did not spare cigarette manufacturers for the fourth consecutive year.

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A sMall victory for Ramadoss on Cigarettes
New Delhi: Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has been losing some major battles on the anti-tobacco front, but he scoRed a sMall victory when Finance Minister P Chidambaram raised the cost of smoking in the Union Budget.

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Warning over 'toxic' Cigarettes
Counterfeit Cigarettes which contain tobacco loaded with poisonous chemicals are hitting city streets, BBC Scotland has learned.

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Teens butting out
ATTLEBORO - Nate Kennedy claims to have been smoking Cigarettes since he was 6 years old.

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Denied Cigarettes, Juvenile Girls Assault 2 Undercover Cops
Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, two undercover police officers were assaulted outside a St. Paul convenience store in a confrontation with two teenage girls. Apparently, the girls were turned down inside the store when they tried to buy Cigarettes.

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Two laws target smokers in Mexico City
A national measure restricts lighting up in public indoor places and a municipal one bans it. Some people are confused.

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Cigarette Burns be Gone
Let's talk a minute about common courtesy and self control. Courtesy is when someone asks to bum a smoke and I say 'sure, anything for a brother of lung cancer.'

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Smoking on the decline among high school students
BOSTON - Fewer high school students are lighting up Cigarettes.

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Bars and Cigarettes, Together Again?
Although we're only occasional smokers (read: when we're drunk or feeling awkward at a party), we sympathize with the need to have a cigarette.

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Lumbee tribe unhappy with company marketing Lumbee Cigarettes
Lumbee tribal leaders aren't happy that a new cigarette bears the tribe's name.

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Firemen alarmed about Cigarettes
Fire department warns smokers of dangers

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Bulgaria Among Leading Countries in Tobacco Smoking for 2006
Bulgaria ranks 3rd in tobacco smoking for 2006 year in worldwide scale, according to ‘Euromonitor' research data and investigation company ‘Golbalist'.

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Cigarettes and gas, two things you burn
Being in the class of people who need people (which makes me, according to an old song, among the luckiest people in the world), I have an interest in knowing where congregation happens.

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Health groups call for 10p rise in price of Cigarettes
Health groups are calling on the government today to increase the price of tobacco and to clamp down on tobacco smuggling.

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Cigarettes? Cigars? Not in this town
The city council Monday voted 6-1 to enact an ordinance that bans cigarette smoking in most areas of Daphne.

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Drink milk to quit smoking!
Trying to quit smoking for good but finding it too hard to do? Well, here's a simple solution: Drink lots of milk

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Britain may introduce permits to buy Cigarettes
... PTI Health England, the government’s health advisory body, has suggested introducing the permit without which no one would be allowed to buy Cigarettes. ...

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New Safer Cigarette Could End Smoking Ban in the UK
A new initiative from a Belgian company, in collaboration with European scientists and research laboratories has succeeded in producing a less harmful substance for a 'safer' cigarette, without combustion.

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Smokers react to tax
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 28.6 percent of Kentucky adults consumed Cigarettes in 2006, when the most recent survey ...
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Government plans to halve tobacco cultivation in 10 years
The health ministry is also understood to be keen on banning import of Cigarettes and tobacco products. On the production phaseout plan, a detailed note is ...
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Victorians shun Cigarettes
However, Quit Victoria executive director Fiona Sharkie said research indicated the increase in the price of Cigarettes had also contributed to the decrease ...
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Redefining theft: A little cigar is not a cigarette
THE STATE wishes it had More Cigarettes to tax. So it is simply inventing new Cigarettes, and then taxing them. House Bill 1309, scheduled for a House vote ...
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC publishes Corporate ...
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC has published its fifth Corporate Responsibility Review. You can read it online or download it as a PDF at ...
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Possible cigarette tax increase has people talking
By Jennifer Lade Arthur Dubay Jr. knows smoking Cigarettes is an expensive habit. It costs him $1825 a year, one pack a day at $5 a pack. ...


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Reynolds 4Q Net Up 65% On Cigarette Sales
Reynolds American Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income rose 65% thanks to strong gains at its cigarette segment despite a volume decline. ...
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Why Women Smoke
One of the main conclusions of this study is that the use of Cigarettes has become very important for women in order to face up to stress and anxiety, ...
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Reynolds profit up on price increases, smokeless
The maker of Camel Cigarettes, on Thursday posted a rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped by increased sales of smokeless ...
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Rothmans profit rises 22 pct on cheaper Cigarettes
Cigarette maker Rothmans said on Wednesday profit rose 22 percent in the third quarter...
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‘Snack-sized' mini-Cigarettes spark nationwide reaction
A new, "snack-sized" mini-cigarette brand, Marlboro Intense, has recently been introduced to the Turkish market and sparked nationwide reaction after it was ...
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Kansas Mulls Hiking Cigarette Tax
One of the nation's leading tobacco-producing states may increase taxes on Cigarettes for the second time in three years to ...
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Philip Morris to launch 'snack-size' cigarette
A "snack-size" cigarette is being planned to allow smokers forced outside by the smoking ban to get a quick fix of nicotine. ...
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Super-Size Nicotine Cigarettes
They've packed the same amount of nicotine goodness into a sMaller package—think of it as the iPod Nano of the lifespan cigarette world. ...
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Title: General manager, Imperial Tobacco Czech Republic
Residents of the Czech Republic remain generally resistant to such a ban, which must be welcome news of Imperial Tobacco, one of the major tobacco companies operating in the country.
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Altria to spin off foreign cigarette unit March 28 Move could...
When Altria's international cigarette unit gets its independence in March, it will move quickly to grab sales outside the United States with...
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Nigeria: Winning the Tobacco War
The other day, the federal government turned down the application of Japan Tobacco to set up a multi-million dollar cigarette manufacturing plant in Osun ...
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Godfrey Phillips may make, sell Marlboro
Under current regulation, Cigarettes can be imported but companies pay substantial import duties. Manufacturing in India will help PMI save costs and give ...
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Nigeria: Winning the Tobacco War
The federal government turned down the application of Japan Tobacco to set up a multi-million dollar cigarette manufacturing plant in Osun ...
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Cigarette price hike looking likely after move to raise tax
Under the draft amendment, the tax would be raised to NT$45 per pack of Cigarettes from NT$10 per pack. The move is being made in part to counter the trend ...
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DOH seeking NT$35 tax hike on Cigarettes
The Bureau of Health Promotion is pushing to amend existing regulations that would sharply increase the health tax on Cigarettes by ...
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Is this a happy return?
The latest rise has been a manufacturer increase on Cigarettes, by 10p. I already premium price Cigarettes, but I need to decide whether this increase...
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"Fire-safe" Cigarettes weighed in Senate
Fire deaths in Colorado could be Reduced if a bill to mandate so-called fire-safe Cigarettes becomes law, supporters of the measure say. ...

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Korea's KT&G profit up 9 pct in Q4 on premium Cigarettes, as ...
Operating profit rose about 9 percent due to premium Cigarettes accounting for a greater proportion of its sales and continuing cost cuts. ...
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Cigarette, Drug cases to be reviewed by US court
Tobacco companies selling Cigarettes under the “light” label are facing a case against them in which the ...
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Nigeria takes on tobacco company
Challenges of tobacco control in Nigeria. The fact is that with the increasing effectiveness of anti-smoking policies in the ...
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Court Will Hear 'Light' Cigarettes Case
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to a cigarette maker's request to decide whether tobacco companies can be sued under state law for ...
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Companies under fire for flavouRed Cigarettes
Almost 200000 Quebecers quit smoking last year but the tobacco companies continue to lure youngsters with gimmicks like flavouRed Cigarettes, the province's ...
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Thank You for Smoking
Supporters have cited the environmental impact of Cigarettes and the health effects of second-hand smoke as motivating factors. ..
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TOUGH LOVE Democrats a Drag on Capitol Smokers
At the start of the year, sundries shops on both sides of the Capitol stopped selling Cigarettes and chewing tobacco, the latest indignity imposed upon ...
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State urged to raise cigarette tax
The excise tax on Cigarettes in New York is at $1.50, which ranks 16th in the nation. Nine states have a cigarette tax rate of $2 per pack or More. ...
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Tar of Chinese Cigarettes continues to fall
The volume of tar in Chinese brand Cigarettes has been loweRed gradually in a bid to Reduce the harmful effects of smoking, ...
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