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Campaigns on California ballot measures raise $150 million
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Tobacco companies add $15 million to fight cigarette tax
PolitiCalTobacco companies are stepping up their efforts to defeat Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. On Friday, the parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported giving...... -
Big Tobacco adds nearly $9 million to fight against cigarette tax
PolitiCalThe parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported nearly $9 million in contributions to the campaign against Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack.... -
FDA's tobacco head plans to move quickly on industry issues
Richmond Times-DispatchThe new head of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco agency pledged "efficient, effective and fair" regulation of tobacco products Thursday. "You all make a lawful product," Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center For Tobacco Products, told...Tags: George Washington, Reynolds American Incorporated, Altria Group, Inc., Medical Procedures and Tests, Litigation and Regulation
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Altria CEO says company delivered strong results in 2012
Richmond Times-DispatchAltria Group Inc.'s top executive told shareholders Thursday that the company expects to post better results this year after a good year in 2012. "Altria delivered strong results and returns for our shareholders in 2012," despite a "continuing...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, Trials, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Protesters say they want more than talk from Reynolds
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Reynolds American Inc. was prodded by farm worker advocates Thursday to go beyond just pledging to improve health and labor conditions on North Carolina tobacco farms. The company provided its latest update on farm worker negotiations and initiatives at...Tags: Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Activism, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Heat Stroke
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Manchester apartments receive green building certification
Richmond Times-DispatchThe Link Apartments Manchester project has been certified to the National Green Building Standard, a national third-party verification benchmark of sustainable construction and development. The smoke-free development south of the James River is the...Tags: Rentals, Heavy Engineering, Marketing, Physical Fitness and Exercise, House Building
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Trash policy a key focus of lobbyists in Augusta
Portland Press Herald, MaineThere's a lot of money in the trash business. Just ask the Maine Legislature. For the past three months, the media spotlight has been trained on several hot-button topics, including the state's next two-year budget, Medicaid expansion and using a...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Conservation
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NY proposal would make 21 minimum age for tobacco
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...Tags: New York City Council, Services and Shopping, Michael Bloomberg, Altria Group, Inc., Health
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Prices, Altria Group, Inc.
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U.S. to revise cigarette warning labels
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and...
Tags: Judges, Politics, Lawyers, John Boehner, Altria Group, Inc.
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Bloomberg's new plan: hide cigarettes
NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach. The ban, which...
Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Public Officials, Altria Group, Inc.
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