Cigarettes and Tobacco News

MORE EXPENSIVE CIGARETTE TAXES EQUATE TO FEWER SMOKERS
Source: LSU The Reveille
Author: Macy Linton
Mar 24, 2011 -- Louisiana legislators should think about raising taxes on cigarettes. Considering how much the topic has been in the news lately, the subject deserves more than a cursory examination.
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U.S. WANTS RULING UPHELD AGAINST CIGARETTE-MAKERS
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Nov 19, 2007 -- The U.S. government asked yesterday that a federal appeals court uphold a ruling that Philip Morris USA and other U.S. cigarette-makers violated anti-racketeering laws by marketing low-tar cigarettes as healthier alternatives to full-flavored brands.
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REP. SOLOBAY PUSHING 'FIRE-SAFE' CIGARETTES LEGISLATION FOR STATE
Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Author: Gretchen McKay
Nov 15, 2007 -- State Rep. Tim Solobay is not, and has never been, a smoker. With 30 years of firefighting experience, however, he's all too aware of what can happen when an unattended cigarette is left burning near a mattress or other flammable household item.
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BALTIMORE WILL PUSH FOR SAFER CIGARETTES
Source: Baltimore Sun
Author: Tyeesha Dixon
Oct 11, 2007 -- Baltimore health officials proposed yesterday requiring that all cigarettes sold in the city meet enhanced fire-safety standards - a move that they say would help prevent tragedies like the May fire that killed eight people in East Baltimore.
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CONGRESS STARTS HEARINGS ON FDA'S CONTROL OF TOBACCO
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Author: Steven Reinberg
Oct 03, 2007 -- As Congressional hearings on the issue got underway Wednesday, the chief of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reiterated his opposition to a proposed bill granting the agency oversight over tobacco products.
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