Chewing Tobacco Maker Agrees To $5M Settlement
tobacco company. A legal expert said the case could open the door for more lawsuits against makers of chewing tobacco, an industry that drew fewer legal battles during the 1990s...
2010 December 08
Associate Health Minister, Tariana Turia has said that there is a need to get more serious about the risks of smoking and the harms caused by smoking. Therefore, legislation was...
Your tobacco settlement funds at work
Your tobacco settlement funds at work. Who knew that thermal-pane windows and museum exhibits helped out tobacco farmers? Apparently they do, since they’ve been bankrolled by a fund that’s supposed...
Almost 1.1 billion pounds are spent annually by Scots on smoking
Scottish economy spends 1.1 billion pounds annually on anti-smoking campaigns. Expenses like economic impact of illness brought about by smoking are considered by Scotland ash, along with lost productivity from...
2010 December 02
A research published by The Quit Group indicates that many more smokers have been trying to quit since April’s increase in taxes on tobacco. Figures indicate that the proportion of...
2010 December 01
In a recent development the tobacco farmers from all over the globe raised their voice and put allegations on the World Health Organization (WHO) of displaying total indifference towards several...
“Tobacco Should be Made Illegal”
Many U.S. citizens nowadays insist that tobacco products should completely disappear from our marketplace. They call tobacco companies “the merchants of death”, and rightfully so. As tobacco manufacturers now face...
COP-4 delivers progress on global tobacco control
The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4) to the global tobacco treaty has ended with major achievements for public health, despite unprecedented efforts by the tobacco industry...