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Prop. 29 would impose $1 cigarette tax
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- California's primary elections are around the corner and one of the propositions has been making national headlines. Proposition 29 would put a $1 tax on every pack of cigarettes sold in California. If passed, it is expected to raise more...Tags: Tobacco Products, Primaries, American Lung Association, Republican Party, Elections
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Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push
The problem facing cigarette manufacturers decades ago involved tragic deaths and bad publicity, but it had nothing to do with cancer. It had to do with house fires. Smoldering cigarettes were sparking fires and killing people. And tobacco executives...
Tags: Fires, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics, Crime, Law and Justice, Furnishings and Furniture Industry
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CDC unveils graphic ads to combat smoking
CNNFederal health officials on Thursday unveiled a $54 million national media campaign to get people to quit smoking and to prevent non-smokers, especially children, from starting. The campaign, called "Tips From Former Smokers," is intended to educate...Tags: Radio, Tobacco Addiction, Online Advertising, Amputation, Cancer
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Roll-your-own cigarettes is lighting up a fight in Richmond
NEWS7 Senior ReporterA fight over roll-your-own cigarettes is heating up in Richmond. New machines in a growing number of shops have gotten the attention of Virginia's cigarette makers. The issue is now lighting up the legislature. The customer dumps the loose tobacco,...Tags: Tobacco Products, Chesterfield County
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Fight over roll-your-own cigarettes is lighting up the legislature
ReporterThe customer dumps the loose tobacco, loads the paper tubes, punches a few buttons on a touch screen and the RYO Filling Station comes to life, cranking out the finished cigarettes It’s easy to see why shops like Tobacco Direct have become...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Tobacco Products, Chesterfield County
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Alaska Joins Several States In Cigarette Label Lawsuit
Channel 2 NewsSeveral states and U.S. territories are weighing in on a lawsuit over proposed graphic cigarette warning labels that include a sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the federal government should be allowed to require the...Tags: Human Body, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers, Judges
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Tobacco companies file lawsuit over warning labels
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost...Tags: Human Body, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers, Judges, Government
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Danville getting tobacco receiving station later this year
dbrock@amnews.comA warehousing operation where hundreds of farmers from throughout the region bring their crop to sell to the country's largest tobacco companies is moving from Lebanon to Danville later this year. Ken Garcia, a spokesman for Philip Morris USA, confirmed...Tags: Lebanon, Human Interest, Companies and Corporations
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