Health Officials Wary of Camel Orbs
Health officials are manning the school ramparts for a fresh tobacco assault they feel sure is about to happen, if it hasn’t started already. Colorado is a test market for...
Ghana Authority Destroys Cigarettes in Kumasi
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has destroyed 139 cartons of seized cigarettes worth 74,000 dollars in Kumasi. The cigarettes smuggled into the country, were confiscated by...
Cigarette Trafficking Ring Busted in Georgia
The cheap Marlboro cigarettes they were selling may have been real, but they were doing so without paying taxes. Georgia state officials announced last week that 40 of the 50...
Lee County Trial Seek Damages for Cigarettes Health Problems
The jury ruled in favor of big tobacco companies Thursday in the first of Lee County’s 150 trials seeking damages for cigarette-related health problems. The question was whether defendant John...
Cook County Inspectors Accused of Taking Cigarette Tax Grafts
Two Cook County revenue investigators have been fired for allegedly accepting “thousands” of dollars in bribes — hush money from convenience stores and other outlets selling cigarettes without paying the...
A Hookah Lounge Opened in Yakima
A growing trend has now found a home here in Yakima. A hookah lounge just opened on North 1st Street. Babylon Hookah Lounge is thought to be one of the...
Maricopa Community Colleges to Go Smoke-Free
One of the largest community college systems in the country has announced plans to have a smoke- and tobacco-free campus. The change goes into effect on July 1 of next...
Philip Morris Misled Smokers on Light Cigarettes
Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris unit deceived Missouri consumers by marketing Marlboro Lights cigarettes as safer than regular cigarettes, a lawyer told a St. Louis jury. “Philip Morris made two...