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Reynolds profit misses Street view; shares slip - Reuters

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 09:58

San Luis Obispo Tribune
Reynolds profit misses Street view; shares slip
Reuters
The company, which makes Camel and Pall Mall cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, said it expects earnings growth this year to return to mid-single ...
Reynolds Profit Falls on Pension Costs, PromotionsBloomberg
Reynolds American Broke ResistanceTradersHuddle.com
Reynolds American Q4 Profit Falls, Yet Tops View - UpdateRTT News
Washington Post -Triad Business Journal -ABC News
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American Cancer Society to manage new effort against tobacco in Africa - Ghana News Agency

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 08:20

AfricaNews
American Cancer Society to manage new effort against tobacco in Africa
Ghana News Agency
The consortium is a global coalition of public health-oriented organisations focusing on using evidence-based approaches to stem the tobacco epidemic in ...
Gates Foundation ramps up tobacco control efforts in AfricaSeattle Times
Africa's anti-cancer effort bolsteredAfricaNews
Gates Foundation gives $7M to combat smoking in AfricaBizjournals.com

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Quit tobacco to prevent cancer - bolohealth.com

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 06:49

The Hindu
Quit tobacco to prevent cancer
bolohealth.com
Tobacco use – either through smoking or chewing – is the single, most crucial factor in the development of cancer. Cigarette smoke contains chemicals that ...
84m people to die of cancer in next 10 yearsThe News International
Ghana to participate in World Cancer Day celebration on February 4Ghana News Agency
UAE doctors join worldwide cancer awareness campaignGulfNews
bolohealth.com
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With corn ethanol, Iowa on tobacco road - DesMoinesRegister.com

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 05:09

With corn ethanol, Iowa on tobacco road
DesMoinesRegister.com
Iowa is no better in this respect than the tobacco-growing states that, in the name of profit, have successfully lobbied for subsidies and artificial market ...

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FDA seeks information from Petersburg-based tobacco company - Progress Index

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 04:52

Washington University in St. Louis News
FDA seeks information from Petersburg-based tobacco company
Progress Index
PETERSBURG - The federal Food and Drug Administration has asked a tobacco manufacturer based in Petersburg to supply ...
FDA probes candy-like tobacco productsReuters
Altria's Push to Promote Smokeless Tobacco Latest Route Around RegulationsNewswise (press release)

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Turkish labor unions stage one-day strike to support former state tobacco ... - CanadianBusiness.com

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 03:45

Today's Zaman
Turkish labor unions stage one-day strike to support former state tobacco ...
CanadianBusiness.com
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Tens of thousands of workers from six Turkish labor unions are staging a one-day strike in support of former state tobacco company ...
Turkish workers stage one-day strike to support Tekel employeesPeople's Daily Online
Turkish workers on 3-day hunger strikeBusinessWeek
Workers' unions call one day strike.ISI - Emerging Markets (subscription)
Bianet -Morning Star Online -Socialist Party
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Immortal Tobacco Farmer Helped Cure Polio, Flew With Astronauts - Bloomberg

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 00:22

Immortal Tobacco Farmer Helped Cure Polio, Flew With Astronauts
Bloomberg
Motherless by age 4, she grew up picking tobacco at her grandfather's farm in Clover, Virginia, and later moved with her husband and family to Turner ...

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Columbia's smoking ban still hazy - WACH

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 20:18

KMVT
Columbia's smoking ban still hazy
WACH
COLUMBIA -- A month ago, Columbia officials were ready to go to court, accusing The Tobacco Merchant on Bower Parkway of violating the city's ...
City considers tobacco banRandolph Leader
Columbia may exempt cigar bars from banThe State
City Council discusses smoking amendmentWACH

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Government's anti-tobacco efforts go up in smoke - GulfNews

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 15:07

The Guardian
Government's anti-tobacco efforts go up in smoke
GulfNews
More than two years ago, the health authorities made it obligatory for tobacco manufacturers to print an image of a sickly man living on an artificial ...
FOCUS: Tobacco Profits Threatened As Plain Packaging ResurfacesWall Street Journal
Tough anti-tobacco measures passed at HolyroodThe Edinburgh Journal
Cigarette tax boosts budget, healthBaltimore Sun
Bluffton News Banner -The Guardian -NACS Online
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Freeze? What freeze? FDA in line for another budget boost - Los Angeles Times (blog)

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 18:08

Malaysia News
Freeze? What freeze? FDA in line for another budget boost
Los Angeles Times (blog)
More than half of the uptick in user fees would come from increases in existing fee-based programs, and in statutorily-mandated payments by tobacco ...
Food Companies Face Fees Under Obama Budget ProposalWall Street Journal
FDA Requests $4.03 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical ...PR Newswire (press release)
FDA Gears Up for Food Safety, Drug SurveillanceScience Magazine (blog)
Best Syndication -Salt Lake Tribune -FiercePharma Manufacturing
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NC College: Art with cigar counters tobacco policy - WLOS

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 08:43

NC College: Art with cigar counters tobacco policy
WLOS
NEW BERN, NC (AP) -- A North Carolina college cracking down on smoking says artwork depicting an instructor with a cigar goes against the campus tobacco ...

No smoke: Edison State College set to go tobacco free - Naples Daily News

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 07:47

No smoke: Edison State College set to go tobacco free
Naples Daily News
Edison State's tobacco-free initiative will apply to all students, staff, faculty, contractors, vendors and visitors. The policy applies to the entire ...

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Shops in final tobacco plea - Edinburgh Evening News

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 07:08

stv.tv
Shops in final tobacco plea
Edinburgh Evening News
SHOPKEEPERS and tobacco manufacturers today made a last-minute appeal to MSPs not to ban the display of cigarettes in shops. The Scottish Parliament was ...
Scottish tobacco display ban laws to be approvedBBC News
Tobacco tax hike can thwart marketing to kidsTheNewsTribune.com
Promoting Health Through Tobacco TaxationJournal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Telegraph.co.uk -The Press Association -South Bend Tribune
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Edison State College to ban tobacco usage - The News-Press

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 06:36

Edison State College to ban tobacco usage
The News-Press
The Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to prohibit tobacco use at its Lee and Collier ...

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Wipro Gets Outsourcing Contract From British American Tobacco - Wall Street Journal

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 06:28

Wipro Gets Outsourcing Contract From British American Tobacco
Wall Street Journal
BY), said Wednesday it won a multi-year outsourcing contract from British American Tobacco PLC (BTI) to support the tobacco major's global business ...
Wipro and British American Tobacco Enter into a Strategic EngagementBusiness Wire India (press release)
Wipro bags outsourcing deal from BATTimes of India
Wipro and British American Tobacco Enter into a Strategic EngagementBusiness Wire (press release)

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LVCVA seeks dismissal of lawsuit to stop smoking at tobacco shows - Las Vegas Review - Journal

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 05:02

New York Times
LVCVA seeks dismissal of lawsuit to stop smoking at tobacco shows
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The convention authority called the law a "common-sense approach" to keep tobacco trade shows coming to Las Vegas. "It is difficult to sell tobacco products ...
Lawrence Garfinkel, Dies at 88; Fought SmokingNew York Times
Convention Authority Seeks Anti-Smoking DismissalKXNT
Suit fails but tobacco risks notedThe Japan Times
Brantford Expositor -MedIndia -WVLT
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Quit Smoking To Stay Potent - OfficialWire (press release)

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 02:16

New Zealand Herald
Quit Smoking To Stay Potent
OfficialWire (press release)
Smoking is unhealthy practice to smoke the tobacco that disturbs all the functions in the body that later on result in the improper functioning of the body. ...
South African Smoking Rates Stubbornly HighVoice of America
Traffic Skyrockets at Electronic Cigarette Review Website After Federal Court ...Online PR News (press release)
Breathing easier?: Some claim nicotine fix without the risks; others say it's ...Behavioral Health Central (blog)
Pegasus News -The Malaysian Insider -The Money Times
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KT&G Rises on Goldman Upgrade After Davidoff Contract - Bloomberg

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 21:07

Korea Times
KT&G Rises on Goldman Upgrade After Davidoff Contract
Bloomberg
27 (Bloomberg) -- KT&G Corp., South Korea's biggest tobacco company, climbed the most in more than seven months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. upgraded the ...
KT&G Signs Brand-License Pact With Imperial Tobacco GroupWall Street Journal
KT&G Joins With Imperial Tobacco GroupKorea Times
FDA on track with tobacco additive lawCanon City Daily Record
Trading Markets (press release) -Water World -Korea Herald
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Federal panel considers key Fla. tobacco appeal - BusinessWeek

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 16:12

MyFox Atlanta
Federal panel considers key Fla. tobacco appeal
BusinessWeek
Tobacco companies, meanwhile, asked the three-judge panel to conclude that the trials don't begin with an assumption that the industry acted with negligence ...
Law.com - Lively Arguments in Tobacco Case Center on Preclusive Effect of ...The National Law Journal
Eleventh Circuit Hears Arguments on 4000 "Engle Progeny" Cases in Federal CourtAm Law Litigation Daily
Federal panel to hear key tobacco appealWZVN-TV

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Earnings Preview: Altria Group Inc. - ABC News

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 13:21

Earnings Preview: Altria Group Inc.
ABC News
AP Altria Group Inc. reports its fourth-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments ...

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