Archive for November, 2009
Business group supports limits on internet tobacco sales
An Iowa business group is urging Iowa’s two U.S. Senators to support a bill which seeks to limit Internet sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Iowa Wholesales Distributors Association executive director Craig Schoenfeld.
“We encourage Iowans to get on board and support this legislation and communicate that to Senators Grassley and Harkin,” Schoenfeld says. “We [...]
Illegal Cigarette Smuggling Ring Gets Extinguished In Wales Tobacco Crack Down
More than 60,000 illicit cigarettes and almost 160 kilos of tobacco, including a haul concealed in boxing punch bags – have been seized in south Wales.This week as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues its crack down on those who smuggle and sell non duty paid tobacco products.
The punch bags, containing 53 kilos of loose [...]
SCF campus may move to go tobacco-free
The local community college campus may be going smoke-free.
Lars Hafner, president of State College of Florida, told board members Monday that students had been talking to him about the possibility of a tobacco-free campus.
At SCF’s Venice campus, students recently held a forum about the matter, he told the board.“Down in Venice, they’ve started to aggressively [...]
Cigarette Smuggling Case Discussed in January
A decision on possible court proceedings against a group of nationals from Montenegro, Italy and Serbia on their alleged involvement in an international cigarettes smuggling ring will be discussed in January, a court in Bari, Italy, decided.
According to local media, the decision on possible court proceedings will be determined on 18 January.They are accused of [...]
Towson University Bans Smoking On Campus
A local university is leading the way on a campus-wide smoking ban.
Towson University just passed a measure which would force smokers to light up off university grounds.
The university covers more than 300 acres — so if anyone wanthing to smoke on campus next fall could have to take a long walk to get out of [...]
Underage smoking ’should be illegal’
UNDERAGE smoking should be an offence like underage drinking, says the peak body for corner stores and petrol stations.
The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) is calling on government to make it illegal for under 18s to smoke, handing police the power to issue fines or court attendance notices.
AACS executive director Sheryle Moon, says existing [...]
Patterns of alcohol and tobacco use affect head and neck cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Assuming that total exposure is the same, it is worse to smoke lightly for many years than to smoke heavily for a few years when it comes to the risk of head and neck cancer, new research shows. With alcohol use, however, the opposite is true.
The results, which were published [...]
Cigarettes may have started apartment fire
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - The Jonesboro Fire Department is looking at cigarettes as a possible cause for a fire at The Pines Apartments.
Fire officials believe cigarettes thrown into a cardboard box on the balcony of the apartment, may be to blame.
Fire crews were able to contain the blaze to a single apartment. The apartment suffered [...]
New York Tobacco Refinancing Might Yield $500 Million
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Tobacco bonds that helped New York close a budget deficit in 2003 could be refinanced and provide $500 million to help eliminate this year’s $3.2 billion spending gap, according to a plan bankers presented to state officials.
The proposal by Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch & Co. would [...]
