Cigarette smugglers, up to now mainly confined to South Africa’s border with Zimbabwe, have run into their nemesis in the form of SA Army soldiers on the Mozambique border.
In a major bust last week a 3 SA Infantry Battalion patrol in the vicinity of the Lebombo border post intercepted a gang of more than 40 suspects carrying boxes, said Capt ZG Sithole of the SA National Defence Force’s joint operations division.
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A judge will hear arguments Friday from tobacco lawyers seeking to move a trial from Lee County, saying publicity generated from stories published in The News-Press has made it impossible for them to get a fair trial.
The stories, which ran in print Sunday and on news-press.com Tuesday, reported on the first of a series of about 150 lawsuits against tobacco companies.
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A federal appeals panel has upheld the state in its long-running battle to force Yakama tribal smoke shops to collect the $3.03 state cigarette tax from non-Indian buyers.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld U.S. District Judge Robert H. Whaley, who ruled last year that tribal smoke shops on the 1.2 million-acre Yakama reservation must collect the tax. The ruling not only levels the playing field between tribal and non-tribal retailers, but clears up decades of dispute, said state Department of Revenue spokesman Mike Gowrylow.
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With a ban on smoking in city parks, this year Meridian joined other governments and businesses that continue to limit where people can light up.
It’s part of a trend that makes it harder and harder for smokers to find places to smoke. And measures like the Meridian park ban could be part of the reason adult smoking rates in Idaho have gone done over the past 15 years.
On Sept. 1, the Woodgrain Millwork facilities in Nampa and Fruitland implemented a smoke free policy on all business property. Ream more »
One pile of tobacco is dry, cut into thin shreds like Parmesan cheese grated off a block. A darker pile to its right, moist to the touch, has a strong poignant smell and is cut like shredded cheddar cheese.
For a nonsmoker, recognizing the differences between pipe tobacco and roll-your-own cigarette tobacco would be a challenge. But for tobacco manufacturers, knowing the difference means paying almost ten times less in taxes. Ream more »
Four of the six candidates in the race for the premier’s office support tougher laws and higher taxes to curb the province’s rising rate of teen smoking.
Results of a survey conducted by the Campaign for a Smoke Free Alberta show Doug Griffiths, Doug Horner, Gary Mar and Alison Redford favour provincial legislation to restrict sales to minors, a ban on candy flavourings and higher levies on tobacco products.
While representatives for two other leadership hopefuls, Ted Morton and Rick Orman, met with the anti-smoking coalition, neither completed the survey sent to them in July.
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Smokers’ rights advocates have one more battle to fight. The war against cigarette consumption has moved from bars, restaurants and any enclosed United States workplace to an open-air animal park in Malaysia. For years, any visitor at the Johor Zoo with the nerve to toss a lit cigarette into the monkey pen has been rewarded by the spectacle of an orangutan named Shirley satisfying her craving for nicotine.
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Members of a local anti-tobacco coalition were on hand Wednesday at Chisholm High School to recognize the school for its 24/7 tobacco-free policy.
Mary Anna Evans, Garfield County Tobacco Free Coalition chairwoman, said she and her fellow coalition members were at Chisholm to recognize the school for promoting healthy, tobacco-free lifestyles among its students and employees. Ream more »
Smoking Statistics and Tobacco statistics discussed here are those of the whole world, the United States and England. They give the smoking statistics among the adult population, statistics of smoking in teenagers and statistics of deaths caused by smoking.
Though the smoking statistics or the tobacco statistics look quite discouraging to the reader, the fact remains that they compare favorably to the smoking stats of 25 to 30 years ago. This is especially true of the developed countries, where the literacy rate is high. Ream more »
Depending on up to 70 percent of its foreign exchange earnings on tobacco, Malawi has launched a five-year strategic plan for the leaf to insulate the market against negative forces.
Dr. Bruce Munthali, CEO for Tobacco Control Commission, told the official news agency MANA that the plan–which will cover production to marketing–was to “identify new areas to resuscitate the industry.”
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