Smokers denounce cigarette tax hike
Friday, July 04, 2008 (GST)
Some will quit, others will go out of state to get their cigarettes and others will shrug their shoulders and make tough choices as money gets tight. But one thing is certain: Smokers are not happy about the $1-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes.
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Cigarettes or adequate food is a tough choice for some poor families, according to a new study from
Friday, July 04, 2008 (GST)
The researchers found that of low-income families, those containing a household head or spouse who smoked cigarettes were at about 6 percent higher risk for being “food insecure” — not always able to put enough food on the table.
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Kenya: Beer, Cigarettes Prop Up Economy
Thursday, July 03, 2008 (GST)
Consumption of beer and cigarettes kept the economy going in the first quarter of 2008 as post-poll violence took its toll on the country's wellbeing.
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Patrick signs $1 cigarette tax hike
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 (GST)
BOSTON - The tax on a pack of cigarettes will jump by a dollar under a bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick.
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Mass. cigarette tax could jump by $1 per pack
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 (GST)
BOSTON - Massachusetts smokers may have to start digging a little deeper in their wallets as soon as this week.
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Japan Makes Cigarettes Kinda Kool Again
Monday, June 30, 2008 (GST)
Living in America, we all know that smoking cigarettes is probably the worst sin you can possibly take part in.
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Rewind to '94: Smokers dwindling
Monday, June 30, 2008 (GST)
The skirmishes go on all over the country. A plant here shuts down its smoking room. An office building there moves smokers off the front sidewalk. A restaurant somewhere else enlarges its smoke-free area by a few tables.
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U.S. battle against teen smoking stalls: CDC
Friday, June 27, 2008 (GST)
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
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Cigarette exposure kills 700 Oklahomans every year, officials say.
Friday, June 27, 2008 (GST)
While Oklahomans are now smoking 49.3 million fewer packs of cigarettes than four years ago, the secondhand smoke from those cigarettes causes numerous health hazards and kills about 700 Oklahomans a year, health authorities said Thursday.
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US cancer warning on cigarettes
Thursday, June 26, 2008 (GST)
The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to require all tobacco companies to indicate on cigarette packages and in their advertising the health hazard in cigarette smoking.
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Ditch the cigarettes and gain pounds in the bank
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (GST)
As England celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Smoking Ban (1st July), those who have stubbed out their cigarettes for good could be seeing the rewards...
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Philip Morris USA pulls new filter cigarettes
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (GST)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Philip Morris USA, the nation's No. 1 tobacco company, said Monday it has ended test markets of Marlboro-branded cigarettes that use a high-technology filter.
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Altria stubs out Marlboro Ultra Smooth: report
Monday, June 23, 2008 (GST)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc's (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Philip Morris USA has cancelled its Marlboro Ultra Smooth cigarettes...
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Breaking the smoking habit
Monday, June 23, 2008 (GST)
In the end, Adam Cliff's reason for giving up smoking was a simple one - and something rarely mentioned in campaigns encouraging smokers to quit: Romance.
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Tennessee: Tax hike snuffs cigarette sales
Friday, June 20, 2008 (GST)
Angela Haygood lives and works in Chattanooga, but after Tennessee raised its tax on cigarettes, she regularly goes to Georgia to buy them.
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Tax cap, Indian cigarettes, family leave are matters for Legislature's final days
Thursday, June 19, 2008 (GST)
Negotiating table laden with bills
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China to ban smoking for Olympics
Thursday, June 19, 2008 (GST)
ELEANOR HALL: Now to China's monumental quit smoking campaign. The Chinese have the world's biggest smoking habit with the population last year smoking more than two trillion cigarettes.
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Cigarettes sale to youngsters on rise
Monday, June 09, 2008 (GST)
ISLAMABAD - Despite that the sale of cigarettes to people below the age of 18 years is prohibited under the ordinance 'Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smokers Health 2002', sale of the cigarettes to the youngsters is on the rise in the federal capital.
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Vermonters set to pay more for cigarettes
Monday, June 09, 2008 (GST)
MONTPELIER, Vt.—Starting on July 1, Vermont smokers are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets to light up.
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Microprocessors are the new cigarettes
Friday, June 06, 2008 (GST)
JP Morgan urges chip CEOs to inhale
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Mother not so smart about Japan's smoking smart card
Friday, June 06, 2008 (GST)
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese woman who allegedly lent her 15-year-old son one of Japan's new "smart cards," which are intended to prevent minors from buying cigarettes from vending machines, may face charges.
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Menthol Cigarette Ban Urged by Former U.S. Health Officials
Thursday, June 05, 2008 (GST)
June 5 (Bloomberg) -- A legislative provision that would let menthol cigarettes continue to be sold would ``trample the health'' of blacks, seven former U.S. health secretaries said in a letter to Congress.
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New York smokers buying cigarettes in Pennsylvania
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 (GST)
PENNSYLVANIA -- New York smokers are buying lots of cigarettes in Pennsylvania.
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Cigarette Tax Arrives Amid Grumbling and Vows
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 (GST)
Fear of a dreaded disease has been part of the bargain for years. Shame came slower, as smokers were cast from offices, restaurants and even bars. Now, in New York City, there is yet another scary side effect to smoking: empty pockets.
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New York's cigarette tax climbs to highest in the nation
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 (GST)
ALBANY, N.Y. - New Yorkers start paying the highest cigarette taxes in the nation Tuesday with the latest $1.25 spike per pack that officials expect to bring in $265 million a year.
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