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Camel - Marlboro - Winston Lighters

Camel – Marlboro – Winston Lighters

Camel Promotional Lighters Over the years there have been various camel lighters designs meant to advertise the brand of cigarettes. The enthusiasts for this cigarettes brand have shown quite an interest in using smoking accessories that relate to their favorite brand. [caption id="attachment_

01.11.2012| Tobacco Articles |

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Tougher anti-tobacco rules for TV, films

Tougher anti-tobacco rules for TV, films

Henceforth, every time an actor is seen taking a puff on screen, a prominent scroll warning that smoking is injurious to health will run at the bottom. What's more, the actor will personally read out the ill-effects of smoking, say the new health ministry rules to be effective from Monday. Accord

11.14.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Rwanda: New Law to Protect Passive Smokers

Rwanda: New Law to Protect Passive Smokers

Passive smoking is one of the critical issues the law governing tobacco control will address once enacted. According to research, passive smoking can be as dangerous and lead to fatal diseases, including lung and breast cancers; brain tumours; ear, nose, and throat infections and heart disease.

11.2.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Black market hits tobacco sales

Black market hits tobacco sales

However, the growth of the illicit trade in cigarettes was the primary reason why there were 200 million less cigarettes sold by the industry in Ireland in 2010. That is according to tobacco firm, PJ Carroll & Co, which maintained its 14.47% market share in the industry last year. [caption id=

10.31.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Illegal tobacco trade

Illegal tobacco trade “makes £29m profit”

Around 350 million cigarettes are sold annually without paying duty, almost half illegally, the company behind Gallaher's Tobacco in Ballymena said. In many cases no arrests are possible because no-one is apprehended with the containers of cigarettes, Japan Tobacco International told a House of C

10.21.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Cigarette prices up but smokers on the rise

Cigarette prices up but smokers on the rise

Prices have risen by over 70 percent in ten years, taking the price of a pack from €3.60 to €6.20 for the best-selling Marlboro brand. Only the UK, Sweden and Ireland have more expensive cigarettes. A further 6 percent rise is planned for 2012. While the total number of cigarettes sold has fa

10.19.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Kentucky Cigarette Retailer Evaded Paying about $2 Million in Taxes

Kentucky Cigarette Retailer Evaded Paying about $2 Million in Taxes

A cigarette wholesaler being under the observation of federal agents for a decade has been fined in Kentucky for using false invoices in order to avoid paying charges on millions of dollar’s worth of tobacco products that he sold in several US states. For instance in 2002, prosecutors in Texas

10.18.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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UIC to study tobacco pricing and mass media

UIC to study tobacco pricing and mass media

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received $14.2 million from the National Cancer Institute to study how mass media and tax and pricing affects tobacco use and behavior. The two five-year studies at UIC's Institute for Health Research and Policy build on previous tobacco research conducte

10.13.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Stopping Smoking Cigarettes

Stopping Smoking Cigarettes

Smoking cigarettes used to be a lot more widespread than it is these days. Now most smokers are searching for ways of quitting smoking. This is because smokers and the general public at large are more aware of the risks of smoking cigarettes nowadays. Simply look at films made in the Sixties and

10.10.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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Tabex smoking drug shows promise

Tabex smoking drug shows promise

An anti-smoking drug called Tabex may “boost a person’s chances of ditching cigarettes three-fold,” The Sun has today reported. The smoking cessation drug, also known as cytisine, has been available in some Eastern European and former Soviet countries, such as Russia, for more than 40 years

10.6.2011| Tobacco Articles |

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