Cigar Smokers Want Rights to Smoke in Public
As quests for freedom go, it’s not exactly the fight against apartheid in South Africa. But cigar smokers around the country are fed up with smoking bans that prevent them...
Tobacco Plants Blamed for Campo Cancer
In an extraordinary development, tobacco from Gibraltar is now being blamed in Spain for the high level of cancer in the Campo area. Antonio Escolar, public health chief at the...
Consumers Like Pall Mall Cigarettes
Reynolds American Inc. again rode a strong wave of consumer demand for its Pall Mall cigarette and Grizzly moist-snuff brands to a profitable quarter. The manufacturer said Thursday that it...
Coalitions Not Accept Donations from Tobacco Companies
The Government has urged the Opposition to stop accepting donations from tobacco companies and get behind its push for plain packaging of tobacco. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the...
Cigarettes Sales Without Tax Stamps
At least 85 brands of Virginia cigarettes and 30 other tobacco products are being smuggled into Bangladesh, a health ministry survey says. The report also suggests that eight percent cigarettes...
Tobacco-Free Zones in Outdoor Areas
Council has adopted the “Young Lungs at Play” policy – designed to protect the health, welfare and safety of all borough residents by establishing tobacco-free zones in outdoor areas under...
Smokers Hooked on Hookah
Hookah smokers call it smooth and relaxing. Doctors call it dangerous, even saying it’s worse than picking up a cigarette. On any Friday night, people fill J.J. Hernandez’ hookah bar...
Estonian for Tobacco Excise Tax Hike
The Estonian government approved on Thursday amendments to the alcohol, tobacco, fuel and electricity excise tax law, that will increase the excise tax of tobacco products by 10% from 2012....