06th May 2009
The BBC's American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the "smart" people of Madison Avenue, who knew the truth, led to countless deaths. Advertising and its t...
06th May 2009
The rising cost of car tags is grabbing headlines as six state legislators return to Jackson Tuesday to continue debating how much to raise Mississippi's cigarette tax, but the equally serious matter of smoking and its health care costs remains a major pa...
10th March 2009
BAHRAIN's top bodybuilders received His Majesty King Hamad's reward for their results in last year's 62nd World Bodybuilding Championship held at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre.
The award, presented by General Organisation for Youth and Spor...
10th March 2009
KettleWorx announced its sponsorship of Ryan Shanahan's "I Love My Kettlebell" national media tour. Shanahan, creator of KettleWorx and the world's leading expert in kettlebell fitness, will be appearing on a series of television newscasts across the coun...
10th March 2009
Scientists, led by a team from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, have discovered what they describe as the Achilles' heel of the influenza virus, a finding that suggests it might be possible to end the ritual of the annual flu shot.
Yearly vaccination is cur...
10th March 2009
Some business owners worry the state tobacco tax increase, coupled with a federal tax increase on tobacco products, will put them out of business. Greg McGee has worked at the Pipe and Tobacco Shop for 20 years. He calls the state's tobacco tax hike "exc...
10th March 2009
Smokers may be forced to re-evaluate their habit if a bill in the Washington State Senate, proposing to increase the cigarette tax $1 is passed.
Washington’s current cigarette tax is $2.025 per pack. If passed, Senate Bill 5626 could make the tax per p...
10th March 2009
Although congressman says it will likely have dramatic impact on jobs and revenues across the country. Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello said the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) "unfairly" puni...
10th March 2009
Days before the North Carolina General Assembly convened for its 2009 session, Senate leader Marc Basnight suggested he may call for increases in cigarette and alcohol taxes to address a portion of the state's large and growing budget gap. Though well-mea...
10th March 2009
Philip Morris International Inc., the largest publicly traded cigarette company, will jointly sell snuff worldwide with Swedish Match AB, broadening the company’s product range as it targets emerging markets for growth.
The companies also said today th...
09th March 2009
Altria Client Services Inc., on behalf of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, spent more than $3.1 million in the fourth quarter to lobby in favor of a bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate the industry and other...
23rd February 2009
The questions seemed to make the temperature in the room climb a notch.
"How do you feel about working for a company like that?" And the natural follow-up, "Are you working just for the money?"
On the other end were two men representing Philip Morris, t...
01st December 2008
Kentucky, like many other states, is being hit by hard economic times and needs to find a way to deal with a serious revenue shortfall.
The state is predicted to face $1.2 billion less in revenues over the next two years, which is bad news considering it...
01st December 2008
It makes sense. Cigarettes cost the state of Florida about $6 billion a year in exorbitant health care costs associated with smoking - heart disease, cancers and hospitalizations, according to the Alliance for Healthy Florida Campaign.
Productivity on t...
01st December 2008
Soon, those Benson & Hedges’ and Dunhills picked up from a duty-free shop could burn a large hole in your pocket, if health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has his way. The minister, who is running a relentless battle against tobacco use, has lit another fir...
