2010-05-15 Feds arrest ex-Orland shopkeep
Federal authorities have extradited a onetime Orland Park tobacco shop owner from Germany who is under investigation for allegedly funneling money to a Lebanese organization that the United States has designated as “hostile,” the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
http://www.southtownstar.com/
2010-04-09 Majority Will Vote For Smoking Ban
It passed the legislature and was signed by the governor. South Dakota's smoking ban was set to go into effect last July.
http://www.keloland.com/
2010-03-22 Tobacco farmers trying to save water-soaked crop
While some Wisconsin tobacco producers should have a good crop this year, the area's extremely wet August is expected to make for a down year overall.
http://www.courierlifenews.com/
2010-03-12 Reynolds Loses Cigarette Case
A Vermont state judge ruled Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. made false and misleading marketing claims last decade to sell its Eclipse cigarette brand, in a case that highlighted a fierce debate over so-called reduced-harm cigarettes.
http://online.wsj.com/
2007-04-27 Should We Require `Fire-Safe' Smokes?
For almost a century, public debate about fire safety and cigarettes has included discussions about making "fire-safe" cigarettes, which use special banded papers that are self-extinguishing unless a smoker puffs on them. For decades, attempts to pass federal and state laws mandating the sale of fire-safe cigarettes failed, despite claims that unattended cigarettes spark fires that kill an average of 700 to 900 people nationwide each year.
Courant.com