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Smoking in the workplace: the bare facts

Smoking in the workplace: the bare facts

May 17, 2013 | Comments (0)

A US county’s board of health has used part of the money handed to it under the Centers for Disease Control program, Communities Putting Prevention to Work, to conduct a focus group of exotic dancers. According to Jim Galloway’s Political Insider column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, referencing the Georgia Tipsheet, the website, Cause of Action, [...]

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UK shop owner sentenced for selling ‘dangerous’ Jin Ling cigarettes

UK shop owner sentenced for selling ‘dangerous’ Jin Ling cigarettes

May 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

A shop owner in Boston, Lincolnshire, has been found guilty of intentionally selling ‘dangerous’ cigarettes in the first case of its kind in the UK, according to a story in the Boston Standard. The man, who was found guilty at Boston Magistrates’ Court of eight offences, including the sale of non self-extinguishing cigarettes, was ordered [...]

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New chair elected at US Tobacco Co-op

New chair elected at US Tobacco Co-op

May 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

Jimmy Hill has been elected chairman of the board at the US Tobacco Co-operative (USTC) in succession to Albert Johnson, who had served as chairman since 2005. USTC, which is said to be the largest tobacco co-operative in the US, has more than 900 member growers in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. [...]

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First phase of trial to US manufacturers

First phase of trial to US manufacturers

May 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

US tobacco manufacturers have notched up a significant courtroom victory. According to a note posted on Altria’s website, a unanimous West Virginia jury yesterday rejected all but one of the plaintiffs’ claims in a consolidated trial involving about 600 individual lawsuits against the major tobacco companies. In reaching its decision, the jury also rejected the [...]

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Smoke ban stacked odds against casino

Smoke ban stacked odds against casino

May 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

A US casino that went bankrupt has acknowledged that preventing its clients from smoking was one of a number of key mistakes it had made in running its business, according to an Asbury Park Press story. But now it has a chance to put things right. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission approved Revel’s reorganization [...]

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Universal to webcast results conference

Universal to webcast results conference

May 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

Universal Corp is due to webcast at www.universalcorp.com a conference call on May 21 following the release of its results for fiscal year 2013 after market close on that date. The conference call, which will be in listen-only mode, will begin at 17.30 hours Eastern Time and will be hosted by Candace C. Formacek, vice [...]

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Shenzhen serious about smoking fines

Shenzhen serious about smoking fines

May 15, 2013 | Comments (0)

Smokers who violate tobacco smoking bans in China’s Shenzhen city are likely to face heavy fines in the future. According to a Global Times story, proposed revisions to Shenzhen city’s tobacco control regulations, which were given a public airing yesterday, would see maximum fines raised from Yuan20 to Yuan500. Business owners who failed to stop [...]

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Smoking down but cigarette litter up

Smoking down but cigarette litter up

May 15, 2013 | Comments (0)

The number of cigarette butts found on UK beaches doubled between September 2011 and September 2012, and the amount of smoking-related detritus rose by 90 per cent, according to an ITV Network report quoting the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) annual study of beach litter, Beachwatch Big Weekend. Overall, litter levels were at their highest level [...]

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Smoking shelter a sign of the times?

Smoking shelter a sign of the times?

May 15, 2013 | Comments (0)

Workers at Dublin’s Convention Centre are to get a smoking shelter three years after the facility was opened, according to a story by Alan O’Keeffe for the Evening Herald. That such a shelter should be built now is possibly an indication that attitudes to smokers are softening in certain places and in certain respects – [...]

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Lorillard declares dividend

Lorillard declares dividend

May 15, 2013 | Comments (0)

Lorillard yesterday declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.55 per share, payable on June 10 to stockholders of record as of May 31.

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