Archive for February, 2010
SC lens on airport cigarette sale
The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports without the statutory pictorial warnings.
The case centres on claims by a company, DFS India Private Ltd, that the cigarettes being sold in the duty-free outlets of departure lounges are “exports” and, therefore, exempt [...]
Stomping out the cigarettes-new legislation to curb an old habit
San Francisco legislators have started the conversation again—how do we weigh the public health of our community against the freedom of smokers to do as they please?
Proposing an expansion on the city’s smoking ban, legislators are tackling this question and evoking loud cheers from health professionals. Bars and nightclubs, on the other hand, aren’t so [...]
Make 2010 the year cigarette tax goes up
Lawmakers generally are loath to raise taxes, but increasing the cigarette tax is a hike many South Carolinians would support, and in a tough budget year, the money would be welcome.
Last year, lawmakers came tantalizingly close to raising the tax by 50 cents a pack, up from the shamefully low 7 cents a pack. But [...]
