Categories: · Crime International: · USA |
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Feds arrest ex-Orland shopkeep |
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Source:http://www.southtownstar.com/,2010-05-15
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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.
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Categories: · Tobacco control International: · USA |
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Majority Will Vote For Smoking Ban |
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Source:http://www.keloland.com/,2010-04-09
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It passed the legislature and was signed by the governor. South Dakota's smoking ban was set to go into effect last July.
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Categories: · Others International: · USA |
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Tobacco farmers trying to save water-soaked crop |
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Source:http://www.courierlifenews.com/,2010-03-22
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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.
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Categories: · Others International: · USA |
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Reynolds Loses Cigarette Case |
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Source:http://online.wsj.com/,2010-03-12
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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.
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USA: · Connecticut |
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Should We Require `Fire-Safe' Smokes? |
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Source:Courant.com,2007-04-27
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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.
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