Tax on Handmade Cigarettes
Every day in a dozen or so Metro Detroit smoke shops from Westland to Waterford, tax-weary, recession-wracked smokers create their own cartons of Marshal cigarettes for half the $60 they’d...
Smoking Ban Bad for businesses, Livingston County
In the past year, huddled masses of smokers outside Livingston County bars and restaurants became the norm. The bar and restaurant patrons didn’t develop a new affinity for the outdoors,...
Marlboro Still in Top 10, 2011
This is an annual set of rankings, which shows the value attributed to a specific brand, as determined by Millward Brown’s criteria. Apple’s BrandZ Brand Value rose 84 percent from...
Tobacco Tax Case in Kansas
The federal government is dropping its case against a Kansas tobacco wholesaler and several others accused of trying to avoid paying $25 million in Monte Carlo cigarette taxes to Indian...
Menthol Cigarettes Taste Too Good to Be Legal
The report (PDF), issued in late March, concluded that “removal of hot-cigs.biz/menthol-cigarettes-brands from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States” but cautioned that “a black market for...
Government Provides Nicotine Gum, Patches For Free
B.C. smokers that want to kick the smoking habit will get a hand from the government with an offering of free nicotine gum and patches, Premier Christy Clark announced Monday....
Argentina Bans Electronic Cigarettes
Argentina on Monday banned the import, sale and promotion of electronic cigarettes, saying there is no proof they help smokers kick the tobacco habit. The government agency that regulates pharmaceuticals...
University Senate Approves Tobacco-Free Policy
The University Senate approved a tobacco-free policy, which would prohibit the use of tobacco on University property except in temporary “smoking zones” as of Jan. 1, 2012, at its meeting...