Tobacco Ads Changed
In an effort to sanitise the Ganeshotsav, the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvaya Samiti has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to make it mandatory for Ganesh mandals to not accept...
Portland Marijuana Policies
Marijuana possession would be the Portland police department’s lowest enforcement priority under a proposed ordinance that a citizen’s group hopes to get on November’s city ballot. A group called Sensible...
Appeal Against Cigarette Companies
Jerry Weingart has been waiting more than a decade for the companies he believes killed his wife to be brought to justice. But at 89, the Boynton Beach man doesn’t...
Tuba, Benguet Stops Cigarettes Production
Hundreds of tobacco farmers in this mineral-rich town lost their lucrative source of livelihood after a noted Classic cigarette company stopped the cultivation of tobacco as an alternative high value...
Tobacco in Hookah Bars as Harmful as Smoking
Not many are aware that the tobacco served in Al Fakher tobacco hookah bars can cause serious problems among the youth. Flavoured tobaccos served in hookah bars are imported from...
British American Tobacco Remains Only Strategic Bidder for Bulgartabac
Only three companies have remained to bid for the privatization of Bulgaria’s state-owned Bond cigarette-making giant Bulgartabac Holding, and only one of them is a strategic investor – British American...
Government Suddenly Raised 11% Tax on Cigarettes
The government has introduced an 11 per cent excise tax on common Pall Mall cigarettes on the local market contrary to the general perception that the 2011- 2012 National Budget...
Teen Smoking Substance Abuse – Major Issue in America
A study conducted earlier put forth that a substantial number of teens in the U.S. consume soda. More recently, a study undertaken by The National Center on Addiction and Substance...