Tobacco News

Consultation will begin this week on a proposal to ban the display of tobacco products in all retail outlets in New Zealand. Read more

The one cigarette flavoring that federal law hasn’t banned outright — menthol — may not have an effect on health, on whether kids start smoking or on quitting, a key federal regulatory panel was told yesterday. Read more

The book Tampa en Martí which will come to light soon under the Vigía publishing house, from Matanzas, will include in its design tobacco leaves from the Alejandro Robaina tobacco plantation, the best tobacco producer in Cuba, says AIN. Read more

Thousands of small lawsuits, remnants of a failed class action case, are turning into a lingering headache for the U.S. tobacco industry. Read more

The most recent edition of the authoritative Tobacco Atlas, released by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation, ranks nations on their success in combating illegal sales of cigarettes and tobacco products. Read more

Faced with a two-year slump in sales, Cuban cigar makers have unveiled a new weapon in the hunt for consumers: Julieta, a slim smoke made just for her. Read more

The Bangkok-based Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Coalition (SATCC) has expressed “shock” and “disappointment” over the Tanauan City government’s decision to name one of its streets in Batangas after the US cigarette brand Philip Morris. Read more

Its name might be its strongest asset: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act, a marijuana legalization effort that goes out of its way not to say the word “marijuana.” Read more

One area that South Dakota lawmakers will specifically target is tobacco prevention. In 2006, voters approved raising the state’s tobacco tax by a dollar on each pack of cigarettes. Read more

Some high school nurses say they have noticed fewer students smoking cigarettes, but they can’t be sure if more are switching to smokeless tobacco as a substitute. Read more