Vermont anti-smoking groups are trying to defend their programs’ budget, but Douglas administration officials say those programs aren’t being targeted for significant cuts. Vermont chapters of the American Heart Association, American Lung Association and other groups held a news conference Wednesday to say the $4.8 million a year Vermont spends to get people to quit smoking or not to start saves the state much more money in the long run. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘tobacco industry’
Anti-Smoking Groups in Vt. Want Budget Preserved
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Government plan to ban logos on cigarette packets is put on hold as Mandelson intervenes
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
A key element of the government’s anti-smoking strategy has been put on ice after Lord Mandelson intervened to cushion the impact on tobacco companies during the recession. Radical plans to force cigarette manufacturers to use plain packaging rather than eye-catching designs were expected in a policy paper this week. ... read more >>
A key element of the government’s anti-smoking strategy has been put on ice after Lord Mandelson intervened to cushion the impact on tobacco companies during the recession. Radical plans to force cigarette manufacturers to use plain packaging rather than eye-catching designs were expected in a policy paper this week. ... read more >>
China Slims
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Mengcheng doesn’t have the ring to it that Havana or Montechristo have. But for what this modest city in Anhui Province lacks in Caribbean romance it has in ambition, aiming to make its mark on the world with high-quality cigars. In true China style, rows of serious-looking female workers in grey overalls, hair in disposable white caps, roll brown tobacco leaf into fat fingers which are then shipped to another assembly line to be clipped, smoothed and stamped and boxed as Wangguan (”crown”) cigars, which are then sent across China and the US to be sold. ... read more >>
Mengcheng doesn’t have the ring to it that Havana or Montechristo have. But for what this modest city in Anhui Province lacks in Caribbean romance it has in ambition, aiming to make its mark on the world with high-quality cigars. In true China style, rows of serious-looking female workers in grey overalls, hair in disposable white caps, roll brown tobacco leaf into fat fingers which are then shipped to another assembly line to be clipped, smoothed and stamped and boxed as Wangguan (”crown”) cigars, which are then sent across China and the US to be sold. ... read more >>
The New FDA Guidance on the Listing of Ingredients in Tobacco Products
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The Federal Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently posted a new Guidance for the tobacco industry, entitled Listing of Ingredients in Tobacco Products, (the “Guidance”) concerning the mandatory listing of ingredients with a rapidly approaching deadline of December 22, 2009. Among several specific and noteworthy interpretations provided in the Guidance, the FDA has indicated it does not intend to enforce the December 22, 2009 deadline. ... read more >>
The Federal Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently posted a new Guidance for the tobacco industry, entitled Listing of Ingredients in Tobacco Products, (the “Guidance”) concerning the mandatory listing of ingredients with a rapidly approaching deadline of December 22, 2009. Among several specific and noteworthy interpretations provided in the Guidance, the FDA has indicated it does not intend to enforce the December 22, 2009 deadline. ... read more >>
The doubt industry
Monday, December 14th, 2009
There are many reasons why no binding agreement will likely emerge from the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. We would put near the top of the list the ongoing, cleverly orchestrated and well-funded campaign of junk science designed to mislead people into thinking that there is a difference in scientific opinion about climate change. ... read more >>
There are many reasons why no binding agreement will likely emerge from the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. We would put near the top of the list the ongoing, cleverly orchestrated and well-funded campaign of junk science designed to mislead people into thinking that there is a difference in scientific opinion about climate change. ... read more >>
Tobacco Deal With Tennis Organisation May Breach UK And International Law
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Six years after the ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the UK, a London-based sports body stands accused of breaching the law by promoting a cigarette brand on its website.[1] The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which represents the world’s top male tennis players, is responsible for the sponsorship contracts for the various international tournaments. The next ATP World Tour tournament, which is due to take place in Basel, Switzerland from 31 October to 8 November, is sponsored by Davidoff, a cigarette brand manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. The Swiss indoor tournament is believed to be the only one in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company. ... read more >>
Six years after the ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the UK, a London-based sports body stands accused of breaching the law by promoting a cigarette brand on its website.[1] The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which represents the world’s top male tennis players, is responsible for the sponsorship contracts for the various international tournaments. The next ATP World Tour tournament, which is due to take place in Basel, Switzerland from 31 October to 8 November, is sponsored by Davidoff, a cigarette brand manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. The Swiss indoor tournament is believed to be the only one in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company. ... read more >>
Entering a New Era in Tobacco Control Research
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
With the enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on June 22, the United States entered a new era in tobacco control and prevention. The act, which gives the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, means that the tobacco industry will no longer have free reign to market tobacco products to youth, promote so-called “light” cigarettes as less harmful than others, keep scientists and the public in the dark about ingredients and design features of cigarettes, and make unproven health claims for modified tobacco products. Already, the FDA has shown that it intends to act aggressively to implement the new law; on September 22, the agency announced a ban on fruit- and candy-flavored cigarettes.
Dr. Cathy Backinger ... read more >>
With the enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on June 22, the United States entered a new era in tobacco control and prevention. The act, which gives the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, means that the tobacco industry will no longer have free reign to market tobacco products to youth, promote so-called “light” cigarettes as less harmful than others, keep scientists and the public in the dark about ingredients and design features of cigarettes, and make unproven health claims for modified tobacco products. Already, the FDA has shown that it intends to act aggressively to implement the new law; on September 22, the agency announced a ban on fruit- and candy-flavored cigarettes.
Dr. Cathy Backinger ... read more >>
Leaf groups seek challenge of Canadian law
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tobacco advocates are seething over a new Canadian law they claim will snuff out sales of cigarettes packed with U.S. burley, and they are fighting back to protect their export sales. ... read more >>
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tobacco advocates are seething over a new Canadian law they claim will snuff out sales of cigarettes packed with U.S. burley, and they are fighting back to protect their export sales. ... read more >>
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Smokers decry ban on flavors
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Anger, confusion and hoarding are some smokers’ reactions to recent federal legislation. ... read more >>
Anger, confusion and hoarding are some smokers’ reactions to recent federal legislation. ... read more >>
Finance constraints hamper tobacco industry revival
Monday, October 5th, 2009
FINANCIAL constraints are a hurdle to the revival of the tobacco industry, where output plummeted in the last seven years. There are serious liquidity problems with financial institutions struggling to raise funds, not only for the support of the agriculture sector, but for all the sectors of the economy. ... read more >>
FINANCIAL constraints are a hurdle to the revival of the tobacco industry, where output plummeted in the last seven years. There are serious liquidity problems with financial institutions struggling to raise funds, not only for the support of the agriculture sector, but for all the sectors of the economy. ... read more >>
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