Galen Kipe hasn’t smoked a cigarette in more than three months. He couldn’t kick his habit of 17 years with nicotine patches or gum. He finally put away his Marlboro menthols for good by swapping them for electronic cigarettes, which look like the real thing and give him his nicotine fix but do not contain tobacco. “It’s the closest thing to what I was doing before,” the 34-year-old steelworker from Asheboro, N.C., said. “I’m still getting the nicotine, but I don’t feel like I’m getting any kind of bad side effects. It can’t be any worse than actual cigarettes.” ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Federal’ Category
E-smokes gaining steam amid calls for a ban
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
New York Set to Tax Cigarettes on Indian Reservations
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
New York, the nation’s third-most populous state, may begin collecting taxes as soon as tomorrow on cigarettes sold by Indians from their reservations to non- tribal buyers after a judge refused to block the levies. ... read more >>
New York, the nation’s third-most populous state, may begin collecting taxes as soon as tomorrow on cigarettes sold by Indians from their reservations to non- tribal buyers after a judge refused to block the levies. ... read more >>
E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Victoria Vasconcellos, the petite founder of an Internet retailer in this Chicago suburb, is in the thick of a regulatory battle that could affect millions of American cigarette smokers. Ms. Vasconcellos imports electronic cigarettes from a Chinese manufacturer and sells them on her website, Cignot.com, to 14,000 customers. ... read more >>
Victoria Vasconcellos, the petite founder of an Internet retailer in this Chicago suburb, is in the thick of a regulatory battle that could affect millions of American cigarette smokers. Ms. Vasconcellos imports electronic cigarettes from a Chinese manufacturer and sells them on her website, Cignot.com, to 14,000 customers. ... read more >>
Senecas want court to decide tax dispute
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Seneca Nation of Indians wants a court to decide the validity of legislation on collecting taxes on Native American-sold tobacco before the state enforces the law on Sept. 1. ... read more >>
The Seneca Nation of Indians wants a court to decide the validity of legislation on collecting taxes on Native American-sold tobacco before the state enforces the law on Sept. 1. ... read more >>
Whipping New York into shape
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
For all the Californians who thought they’d cornered the market on healthy living, meet Michael Bloomberg, the 108th mayor of New York. Since he took charge, the city has pioneered a raft of regulations to get its citizens to be healthier — or at least realize they’re slowly killing themselves. The 68-year-old billionaire’s campaign against death-by-preventable-disease has also spearheaded a national movement. ... read more >>
For all the Californians who thought they’d cornered the market on healthy living, meet Michael Bloomberg, the 108th mayor of New York. Since he took charge, the city has pioneered a raft of regulations to get its citizens to be healthier — or at least realize they’re slowly killing themselves. The 68-year-old billionaire’s campaign against death-by-preventable-disease has also spearheaded a national movement. ... read more >>
Cigarettes seized in transit between NY Indian reservations on eve of federal court hearing
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
A Seneca Nation businessman who is challenging a federal law that makes it illegal to ship cigarettes through the mail called the seizure of thousands of cartons of his cigarettes from a delivery truck “clear retaliation” for his lawsuit. ... read more >>
A Seneca Nation businessman who is challenging a federal law that makes it illegal to ship cigarettes through the mail called the seizure of thousands of cartons of his cigarettes from a delivery truck “clear retaliation” for his lawsuit. ... read more >>
Military care packages with cigarettes go up in smoke after new smuggling law takes effect
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Family and friends have suddenly found themselves blocked from shipping cigarettes and other tobacco products to American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq because of a new law meant to hamper smuggling and underage sales through the mail. The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 quietly took effect June 29. It cut off those care packages by effectively requiring that tobacco be sent with one particular kind of U.S. Postal Service shipping that requires a signature for delivery but does not deliver to most overseas military addresses. ... read more >>
Family and friends have suddenly found themselves blocked from shipping cigarettes and other tobacco products to American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq because of a new law meant to hamper smuggling and underage sales through the mail. The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 quietly took effect June 29. It cut off those care packages by effectively requiring that tobacco be sent with one particular kind of U.S. Postal Service shipping that requires a signature for delivery but does not deliver to most overseas military addresses. ... read more >>
Curse of the PMs: David Cameron is going grey at a record rate
Friday, August 6th, 2010
He told voters it was time for a change. But this probably wasn’t the change David Cameron had in mind. Just three months into the job, the Prime Minister has fallen victim to the curse of many a leader before him – he’s going grey. Mr Cameron’s dark locks appear to be more liberally chequered with streaks of silver than when he entered office. ... read more >>
He told voters it was time for a change. But this probably wasn’t the change David Cameron had in mind. Just three months into the job, the Prime Minister has fallen victim to the curse of many a leader before him – he’s going grey. Mr Cameron’s dark locks appear to be more liberally chequered with streaks of silver than when he entered office. ... read more >>
MILITARY: Hunter wants troops to get their smokes
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Letters, cookies, chocolate and other goodies are staples of care packages sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. For some, so is a carton of smokes or a few cans of chewing tobacco. But a recently adopted postal regulation limits the mailing of tobacco products to 10 ounces or less, a restriction that has made it difficult for family members to send the items to their loved ones in combat zones. ... read more >>
Letters, cookies, chocolate and other goodies are staples of care packages sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. For some, so is a carton of smokes or a few cans of chewing tobacco. But a recently adopted postal regulation limits the mailing of tobacco products to 10 ounces or less, a restriction that has made it difficult for family members to send the items to their loved ones in combat zones. ... read more >>
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s liberal views will be hot topic at Senate confirmation hearings
Monday, June 28th, 2010
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans intend to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan sharply over her unabashedly liberal views at confirmation hearings beginning Monday. But the upper West Side native, who serves as President Obama’s top lawyer before the high court, already had a baptism of fire. ... read more >>
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans intend to question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan sharply over her unabashedly liberal views at confirmation hearings beginning Monday. But the upper West Side native, who serves as President Obama’s top lawyer before the high court, already had a baptism of fire. ... read more >>
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