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Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Youth-Produced Anti-Commercial Tobacco Videos Featured on YouTube
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By ICTMN Staff May 19, 2012 The Medicine Warriors are entering a second phase of creating anti-commercial tobacco videos to encourage local worksites to adopt anti-commercial smoking policies. (Courtesy of the Mashkiki Ogichidaag) In a mission to ...

East Bethel approves new rules for to enforce alcohol, tobacco sale violations
Coon Rapids Herald
By Eric Hagen on May 19, 2012 at 7:00 am The East Bethel City Council May 2 made some revisions to its ordinances regarding alcohol and tobacco sales violations to give itself more enforcement leeway for violations and to clearly state that the license ...

Chicago Tribune
Something to chew on: Ditka son's DUI case raises question — does chewing ...
Chicago Tribune
A court hearing for the son of Chicago Bears coaching legend Mike Ditka highlighted an unusual possible foil for a roadside breath-alcohol test: chewing tobacco. At a hearing May 9, a Lake County judge threw out the results of a portable breath test ...

'We're Not Ripping Off Tobacco Farmers'
AllAfrica.com
There has been turmoil within the tobacco sector of late with auction floors accusing some tobacco processing companies of delving into areas they are not licensed for. Assistant Editor George Chisoko spoke to the Managing Director of Mashonaland ...

Smokers alter buying habits: Pipe tobacco, roll-your-own machines save on taxes
The Journal News | LoHud.com
A sign at New Middletown Tobacco advertises a sale on roll-your-own cigarettes. / Cara Matthews/TJN NANUET — Jim Petro spent about 15 minutes inside New Middletown Tobacco one recent evening, depositing pipe tobacco and tubes he bought into a $30000 ...

Central student honored for tobacco fight
La Crosse Tribune
The fight against Big Tobacco is personal for Jordenne McKay. The 18-year-old Central High School student joined anti-tobacco groups as her sister and grandfather faced the repercussions of tobacco use. This week, she visited Washington, DC, ...

Oklahoma County Tobacco Prevention Coalition urges members of gay community to ...
NewsOK.com
The Oklahoma County Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition has launched a new effort to raise awareness of the dangers of using tobacco and to encourage members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to take advantage of resources such as ...

Oklahoma County Tobacco Prevention Coalition urges members of gay community to ...
NewsOK.com
The Oklahoma County Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition has launched a new effort to raise awareness of the dangers of using tobacco and to encourage members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to take advantage of resources such as ...

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Fullerton is first Cal State to ban all tobacco use
OCRegister
This week, the university's interim president signed an order banning use of all forms of tobacco on campus, the first school in the California State University system to do so. The ban will take effect in August next year, allowing the university an ...
Cal State Fullerton bans smoking on campusSacramento Bee

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Letter: Tobacco nanny is heavy-handed
Albany Times Union
In her commentary "The truth about tobacco," May 6, Judy Rightmyer of of the Capital District Tobacco-Free Coalition tells retailers how to run their businesses. She demands that they comply with her wishes to cover up in-store displays of tobacco ...

MiamiHerald.com
3 Tobacco Kings Paying Big Dividends Now
Seeking Alpha
Altria initially operated as a manufacturer and purveyor of tobacco products. Any boomers reading this will no doubt recall Philip Morris Companies, which was the former moniker of Altria Group and the obvious reason for its ticker ("MO" from Morris).
Altria CEO conducts his final shareholder meetingBusinessWeek
One shareholder's lonely pro-smoking battleBoston.com

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Student named fellow for public health organization
Shawnee News Star
As part of the Youth Activism Fellowship, students engage in tobacco control educational efforts at the local, regional, state and national levels. “As the Tobacco Prevention Assistant Coordinator for my county, I have gained a passion in learning more ...
Dramatic New Findings Support Menthol As A Starter Tobacco Product For YouthPR Newswire (press release)
ICT kicks off campaign against smokingPakistan Daily Times
Youth lighting up less as taxes rise, survey showsSan Francisco Chronicle
Asheville Citizen-Times -Columbus Dispatch
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Autodesk, British American Tobacco Among Stocks Down on High Volume Friday
Fox Business
British American Tobacco (BTI) is trading down on a volume of 1.1 million, or 5.1 times its standard daily volume. The stock is down 1.1% to $95.61. The stock has been going in a negative direction over the last month, dropping $7.80 (-7.5%) from a ...

East Ridge Proposed Tobacco Policy Is A Bit Extreme
The Chattanoogan
East Ridge staff and Council discussed making all East Ridge property tobacco free. The city manager was instructed to have an ordinance drafted to vote on at the next meeting on May 24. Full disclosed, I am a cigarette smoker, but even if I wasn't I ...

Research and Markets: Analyzing the Tobacco Industry in Taiwan
SunHerald.com
The tobacco industry in Taiwan has been booming in the recent couple of years and the market is only expected to grow stronger in the coming five years. Led by excellent sales of cigarettes, the Taiwanese market for tobacco is attracting a lot of ...

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Macleans.ca
How the Conservatives are gutting tobacco control
Macleans.ca
by Geoffrey Lansdell on Friday, May 18, 2012 9:41am - 0 Comments About a month ago, Ottawa quietly announced it was slashing $15 million from Canada's Federal Tobacco Control Strategy, one of the many cuts to the federal budget.

Tobacco Price Furore
AllAfrica.com
TOBACCO growers have expressed concern over prices that have remained static at all auction floors. Since the opening of the selling season, the highest price for tobacco has been pegged at US$4,99 per kilogramme. Farmers expected it to improve with ...

Japan seeks bankers to manage $5.4 bln Japan Tobacco sale
Reuters
TOKYO May 18 (Reuters) - The Japanese government said on Friday it has asked investment banks to submit by May 30 their applications for the sale of shares in Japan Tobacco that could raise as much as 426 billion yen ($5.4 billion).
Japan Govt To Select Lead Underwriter For JT Share Offering Around Mid-JuneWall Street Journal

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ABC busts retailers for selling alcohol, tobacco to minors
RVANews
But young people often have little trouble purchasing those products: About one of every eight stores inspected by the state sells tobacco and booze to underage buyers. The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has a program to see whether ...
ABC Cracks Down on Illegal Sales in VirginiaConvenience Store Decisions

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Youth group gives anti-tobacco message to YIS students
Reno Gazette Journal
The presentation featured several stations, including one on smokeless tobacco that included a jaw and teeth depicting a chewing tobacco user they called “Mr. Gross Mouth”. / Keith Trout/Mason Valley News The Stand Tall Don't Fall group at Yerington ...