Cigarettes and Tobacco News

SMOKING POT MAY DAMAGE LUNGS
Source: CBS News
Author: Miranda Hitti
Aug 01, 2007 -- Smoking marijuana regularly may, over time, damage the lungs, a New Zealand study shows.
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FINED FOR HIGH-NICOTINE CIGARETTES
Source: New Straits Times
Jun 26, 2007 -- BUKIT MERTAJAM: A local cigarette manufacturer was slapped with a RM6,000 fine yesterday for exceeding the permissible amount of nicotine and tar in cigarettes.
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CIGARETTE-BUYING TRIPS ENDS WITH ROBBERY
Source: Pawtucket Times
Author: Kevin O'Connor
May 17, 2007 -- PAWTUCKET - Smoking had significant short term health effects for a 27-year-old Clinton Street man Wednesday.
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OTTAWA TOLD TO BUTT OUT SMUGGLING
Source: News Leader-Post
Jan 12, 2007 -- Cigarette smuggling is growing at an alarming pace and the federal government must intervene to dismantle the black-market industry, which lures teens into smoking and costs millions every year in lost tax revenue, warns new research released Monday by a national health organization.
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PACT INKED TO BAR ILLEGAL INTERNET CIGARETTE SALES
Source: Saipan Tribune
Jul 13, 2006 -- Attorney General Matthew T. Gregory affirmed yesterday that tobacco firm Lorillard Tobacco Co. has agreed to implement new measures to prevent the illegal sale of its cigarettes over the Internet and through the mail. These protocols are being adopted nationwide and voluntarily by Lorillard pursuant to an agreement reached with 33 Attorneys General across the country. A similar agreement was reached with Philip Morris USA in January.
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