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Altria investigating if recalled tobacco products were tampered with

Edit Reuters 04 Feb 2017
(Reuters) - Altria Group Inc said on Friday it was working with authorities to investigate if the smokeless tobacco products it recalled earlier this week were tampered with. ....

Dip dumped: St. Louis bans smokeless tobacco at sports venues

Edit Fox News 04 Feb 2017
Baseball players with wads of chewing tobacco in their cheek are gone at Busch Stadium ... ....

St. Louis bans smokeless tobacco at Busch, other venues

Edit Fox News 04 Feb 2017
ST. LOUIS (AP) Baseball players with big wads of chewing tobacco in their cheek are now a thing of the past at Busch Stadium ... ....

Japan Tobacco sees no quick output fix for alternative smoking device

Edit Japan Times 04 Feb 2017
The capacity constraints that have dogged the domestic launch of Japan Tobacco Inc.’s heated-tobacco device will take a while yet to resolve, according to a company executive, handing a further boost to Philip Morris International Inc. in the world’s most advanced market for next-generation tobacco products. Japan Tobacco underestimated the level of demand for its appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Aldermen ban smokeless tobacco at Busch Stadium and all other sports venues

Edit St Louis Post-Dispatch 04 Feb 2017
Officials know enforcement will be difficult ... ....

Man, student nabbed in Depok for possessing gorilla tobacco

Edit The Jakarta Post 04 Feb 2017
The Depok Police in West Java have arrested a man and a male high school student for allegedly possessing gorilla tobacco, a new type of drug that has recently increased in popularity ... The police, Putu said, were currently gathering more information to uncover suppliers of gorilla tobacco in the area....

Call to raise cost of tobacco to cut cancer rates

Edit RTE 04 Feb 2017
The Irish Cancer Society has urged the Government to follow Australia’s lead and increase the cost of smoking after the southern nation announced plans to raise the price of a packet of cigarettes to AU$40 (€28.50) by 2020 ... It says tobacco taxes are one of the most effective ways of cutting the number of people who smoke....

Civic schoolkids want tobacco-free environment

Edit DNA India 04 Feb 2017
Led by Salaam Bombay Foundation, the 10-to-16-year-old students discussed the ill-effects of tobacco and smoking in a Parliamentary-style discussion, dubbed as Balaparishad by the NGO, at the Dr Balasaheb Ambedkar Municipal School in Lower Parel ... “I’d like to ask the government officials whether the tax that is imposed on tobacco is used for the healthcare of people suffering due to smoking?”....

A.T.F. Plans to Send More Agents to Chicago to Curb Violence

Edit New York Times 04 Feb 2017
The plan comes after the city saw more than 750 murders last year and the surge in violence drew the attention of President Trump ... ....

St. Louis City Board of Aldermen Approves Tobacco-Free Baseball – 14 of 30 MLB Stadiums Will Be Tobacco-Free in 2017 Season (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Feb 2017
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) ... Today's action adds growing momentum to the national campaign to take tobacco out of baseball ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that high school athletes use smokeless tobacco at nearly twice the rate of non-athletes, and smokeless tobacco use among athletes increased more than 11 percent from 2001 to 2013, even as smoking rates dropped significantly....

FTC Urged to Consider Allegations of British American Tobacco Corruption Before Approving Proposed Merger with Reynolds American (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Feb 2017
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) Home. > Press Releases > FTC Urged to Consider Allegations of British American Tobacco Corruption Before Approving Proposed M. FTC Urged to Consider Allegations of British American Tobacco Corruption Before Approving Proposed Merger with Reynolds American ... market as the largest tobacco company in the world ... tobacco company for the first time since 2004....

Finland unveils drastic plan to make their nation virtually tobacco-free by 2040

Edit Natural News 03 Feb 2017
(Natural News) We’re all familiar with designated nonsmoking areas in restaurants and other public places. But how about a nonsmoking country? Could it be? If Finland has its way, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The country’s goal is to be mostly tobacco-free by 2040. And that trend might waft over into the rest of... ....

Tobacco farmers disappointed by hike in excise on cigarettes

Edit One India 03 Feb 2017
New Delhi, Feb 3. The livelihood of tobacco farmers has been dealt a blow by the crackdown of the government on cigarettes and tobacco products, which increased tax on the items in the Budget while ignoring their plight, according to FAIFA ... ....
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