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RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people stop smoking, a tobacco expert who said he was briefed by people close to the talks told The...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY — Jason Robinson, a smoker from St. Peters, worries that St. Louis County voters' approval of a ban on smoking in most public places will trigger a push to do the same in St. Charles County.
North Dakota State University is considering a campus-wide smoking ban. The idea got support from the NDSU Staff Senate last week, on a 35-23 vote. Staff Senate President Vance Olson says the results are in line with earlier polls of students and faculty members.
When North Shore Tobacco Control Officer Joyce Redford approaches a convenience store checkout counter, her eyes look past the barrage of colors of candy, gum packets, lottery tickets, knickknacks and lighters. Instead, she is searching for what she calls “crossover products,” items that, as she likes to say, are “hidden in plain sight.”
A proposed smoking ban in the City of Florence has been put out. City council voted against an ordinance that would prohibit smoking in most public places as well as parades, festivals, and event gatherings.
MISSOULA – The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco, though students and staff would have nearly two years to quit before it's enforced. The Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate endorsed the ban and President George Dennison recently sent an e-mail informing faculty, staff and students of the proposal.
SILVER CITY - The New Mexico Media Literacy Project announces a call for entries for its fourth annual "Talk Back to Big Tobacco! Script and Storyboard Contest."
Florence City Council members have voted down an ordinance that would have imposed a smoking ban in most public places.
STARKVILLE, Miss.-- A Mississippi State study released Monday [Nov. 9] shows a 27 percent decrease in heart attacks among Starkville residents since the city passed a smoking ban in 2006.
The financial underpinning of the tribe's transformation - the sale of untaxed cigarettes to people who are not Unkechaug members - is now under threat.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Imperial Tobacco Group Plc said Chief Executive Officer Gareth Davis will retire after more than 37 years with Europe’s second-largest publicly traded cigarette company.
