Europol: Climate is right for increased tobacco smuggling

By Inga Springe

Tobacco smuggling costs EU nations $12 billion each year

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"… ermany’s tobacco black market, Europol said.China, the world’s leading tobacco products producer, remains the largest source of contraband tobacco. Knock-off bran …"

The more things stay the same: Senate Democratic, Republican leaders re-elected

By Josh Israel

Both parties in the U.S. Senate voted today to preserve the status quo in leadership, keeping Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the helm. As

Excerpts from this story referencing "tobacco products":

"… ponsored in the Senate. The bill, which gave the FDA the power to regulate tobacco products, was opposed by other tobacco companies who claimed Altria supported it in …"

U.S. support for tobacco overseas: going out of business?

By Zoë Davidson and Maud S. Beelman

November 2, 1999 — The exquisitely appointed anterooms leading to the secretary of state's office are a mix of 18th century antiques, crysta

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"… 3, through appropriations amendments, from promoting the sale or export of tobacco products. Two years ago, as states were negotiating what ultimately became their $2 …"

"… by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restriction …"

"… oval by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or t …"

"… s, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type,” the Doggett amendment said.That exception referred to …"

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Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes

By William Marsden

Gary Godelie has been a tobacco farmer most of his life, struggling to keep alive a family farm that produces what most everyone agrees is a

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"… involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and retailing of the illicit tobacco products. According to Indian smugglers and police, in some cases the capital to bu …"

"… the “current trend of manufacturing, distributing and selling contraband tobacco products, which has exponentially developed over the last 5 years, involves organiz …"

FDA cigarette study casts doubt on whether new warning labels would help smokers quit

By Kimberly Leonard

Research casts doubts on whether new warning labels will help smokers quit

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"… cigarette companies are required to pay the federal government to regulate tobacco products.The FDA collects user fees from the tobacco industry each year to pay for …"

"… wrote Reynolds American Inc., one of the country’s leading producers of tobacco products, during a period for public comment on the FDA rules requiring the labels. …"

In India, bidi industry's clout trumps health initiatives

By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray

Bidi makers in India adopt Big Tobacco tactics to avoid reforms on smoking and excise taxes

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"… is nearly four times higher than the tax collected by the government from tobacco products,” said Harley Stanton, president of Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco o …"

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SMOKE2U

By Te-Ping Chen

Tobacco sales take off in cyberspace

Excerpts from this story referencing "tobacco products":

"… e, about 40 states have passed laws to limit or ban the direct shipment of tobacco products to consumers, to varying effect. (In 2007, the Supreme Court, citing conce …"

How to get away with smuggling

By William Marsden

Canada’s billion-dollar deal for big tobacco

Excerpts from this story referencing "tobacco products":

"… to plead to one count of “aiding persons to sell or be in possession of tobacco products manufactured in Canada that were not packaged and were not stamped in conf …"

‘Outsider’ candidate Santorum collected millions in corporate PAC money

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Santorum took on 'special interests' while collecting millions in corporate PAC money

Excerpts from this story referencing "tobacco products":

"… 8 Universal Tobacco Settlement Act.The bill aimed to “prevent the use of tobacco products by minors” and to “redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use. …"

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