Raise tobacco tax to save lives in China

Edit China Daily 25 Dec 2015
The 2012 Philippines "Sin Tax" Law has raised and simplified tobacco and alcohol excises, increased government revenues and reduced smoking ... In May 2015, China's Ministry of Finance announced an increase in tobacco taxation, of 0.005 renminbi per individual cigarette, alongside an increase in the wholesale tax rate ... Higher tobacco taxes not only help ......

Big tobacco looks set to lose EU court fight

Edit Independent online (SA) 24 Dec 2015
Tobacco companies received a blow in their battle against EU orders to cover cigarette packs with graphic pictures ... ....

Convicted Felon from Albuquerque Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Firearm (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Dec 2015
(Source. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix Field Division) ... 2, 2015 ... This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Albuquerque Police Department ... # # # ... Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix Field Division issued this content on 2015-12-21 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Social factors influence 'metabolic syndrome' risk around menopause

Edit Fox News 24 Dec 2015
For women in midlife, risk factors for heart disease and diabetes tend to become more common, and social factors may influence who is most vulnerable to developing them, a new study from Korea suggests ... ....

Convicted Felon from Albuquerque Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Firearm (ATF - Bureau of ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Dec 2015
(Source. ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) ... Hodge was arrested in Nov ... 28, 2015, in Bernalillo County, N.M ... This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Albuquerque Police Department ... ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued this content on 2015-12-21 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

BAT Scandal - Raila Tried to Stop KRA From Freezing Mastermind Tobacco Accounts

Edit All Africa 23 Dec 2015
[The Star] Raila Odinga "intervened" to stop Kenya Revenue Authority from freezing Mastermind Tobacco Kenya's accounts over non payment of taxes amounting to billions ... ....

Why isn’t there a tobacco ban?

Edit Las Vegas Sun 23 Dec 2015
We ban lead in paint, reduce toxins in car exhaust to almost undetectable levels, eliminate dyes with debatable toxicity from foods, ban plastic food containers, etc., but all we do is encourage smokers… ... ....

UPDATE 2-Big Tobacco faces blow as top court adviser backs EU law

Edit Reuters 23 Dec 2015
* Advocate General says EU tobacco law is valid, proportionate ....

Big Tobacco faces blow from EU

Edit CNBC 23 Dec 2015
An adviser to Europe's highest court said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from British American Tobacco ... ....

Excise duties: Report on evaluation of Directive and structure and rates applied to tobacco (European ...

Edit Public Technologies 23 Dec 2015
(Source. European Commission - Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union) ... See also the press release (IP/11/1381 ) and MEMO/11/821 (question No 11) ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2015-12-23 14.39.24 UTC ... (noodl. 31441081) ....

Big Tobacco May Lose EU Court Fight Over Strict Packaging Rules

Edit Bloomberg 23 Dec 2015
and British American Tobacco Plc received a blow from an adviser to the European Union’s top court in their battle against EU orders to cover cigarette packs with graphic pictures and warning signs ... The EU court adviser also backed a ban on menthol cigarettes as necessary because the flavor can “reduce or camouflage the generally very bitter and even pungent taste of tobacco smoke” and facilitate initiation to smoking....

Cannabis Now Magazine Rolls Out to North American Airport Newsstands, Announces Seed Round of Funding

Edit Business Wire 23 Dec 2015
BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cannabis Now Magazine has become the first publication of its kind to be nationally distributed through North American airports, with sales at Hudson News stores in more than 50 airports in the U.S. and Canada starting this week. The magazine has also started a seed round of investment funding to fuel further expansion, according to publisher Eugenio Garcia ... ....

Adviser to top EU court says EU cigarette law is valid

Edit Fox News 23 Dec 2015
An adviser to Europe's highest court in Luxembourg on Wednesday said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International, although the court still has to deliver a final ruling ... ....
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