MOSCOW — One woman said children as young as 10 working in the fields developed red rashes on their stomachs and necks as they harvested tobacco for use in cigarettes made by Philip Morris.
Another migrant laborer working in the tobacco fields in Kazakhstan said a farmer confiscated her identification papers and withheld pay to force her to continue working despite dismal conditions. Ream more »
OAK BROOK, Ill. — More than a year removed from the largest federal levy in history, the state of tobacco is strong, albeit changed.
Cigarettes, despite ongoing unit declines, continue to generate high rings and propel market basket purchases. At the same time, other tobacco products (OTP), from the strongholds of moist smokeless and cigars to the promising prospects of oral products, are rapidly transforming convenience stores from cigarette-center outposts to total-tobacco depots. Ream more »
Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, an anti-tobacco advocacy group, vehemently opposed the upcoming four-day industrial Global Tobacco Networking Forum (GTNF) summit, which is scheduled to be held between October 4 and October 9 in Bangalore’s ITC Royal Gardenia, stating that the event is in violation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to which India is a signatory nation.
Dr P C Gupta, Director of Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health pointed out that the FCTC policy that India had signed includes a restriction on tobacco advertising, trade, sponsorship and promotion. The FCTC has stringent restrictions to protect people from exposure to smoking and consumption of other tobacco products. He said by being one of the official sponsors of the event, Tobacco Board of India has clearly violated the FCTC framework and demanded that the board immediately withdraw its sponsorship and cancel the event forthwith.
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It may be hard to believe but it wasn’t that long ago when doctors would tell you smoking tobacco was perfectly healthy. In fact your doctor would probably offer you one, reassuring you that it is relaxing and no bad will come of it. How very wrong they were!
In 1950 two doctors working with the British Medical Research Council, Professor Austin Bradford Hill and Dr Richard Doll, published a paper which shook the scientific community to its core. The findings, which are today undisputed, demonstrated an undeniable association between tobacco and cancer.
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UAE. A major promotion involving a partnership between Imperial Tobacco and Dubai Duty Free culminated in a recent prize draw, won by a Dubai-based Indian national.
The Davidoff Black & White ‘Journey of a Lifetime’ campaign, which ran throughout the Middle East during 2009, allowed participants to tailor-make their own dream holidays. The prize was won by Mr Zaakesh Mulla.
Mulla, whose prize was a one-week trip to Venice for two, was presented with his ‘ticket’ by Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin and Deputy Managing Director George Horan, plus Imperial Tobacco officials headed by Duty Free Area Manager Gulf & Horn Africa Countries Ioackim Gavalas, Trade Marketing & Development Manager Nigel Boonyong, Premium Brand Manager Gotje Rogall and NTDE Tobacco Division Director Ebad Ahmadi.
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A group of attorneys seeks to end the special privilege awarded to tobacco companies by the Florida Legislature in 2003 that allows them to post a lesser bond than other private companies during the appellate process.
Jacksonville attorney John Mills, of the Mills Firm, is working with Mark Avera, Rod Smith and Dawn Marie Vallejos-Nichols of the Gainesville firm of Avera & Smith to get Section 569.23(3) of the Florida Statutes declared unconstitutional.
In most cases, civil defendants who appeal a judgment against them must follow Florida Appellate Law and post a bond equal to the amount of the judgment. The 2003 legislation made an exception for tobacco companies and capped the amount of money they have to post in the bond.
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The memories of the days when tobacco sponsored NASCAR’s top series remain strong. But good memories, they are not.
My eyes teared up and my nostrils flared the first time I walked into a media room at a Winston Cup race. And not because I was sad or angry.
The cigarette smoke in the room was as thick as Bill Elliott’s accent. It was corner-bar dense.
This was during a time when the harmful effects of the stuff were well-known and widely publicized. People knew in those days that smoking cigarettes could kill you and that merely inhaling the poison from other people’s cigarettes could shorten and destroy your own life.
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Once an economic engine whose marketing dollars blazed a trail for much of the sport’s expansion, the era of tobacco sponsorship in NASCAR will be extinguished quietly this month.
New rules enforced by the Food and Drug Administration will prevent cigarette and smokeless tobacco sponsorships in sporting events as of June 22. R.J. Reynolds pumped hundreds of millions into NASCAR’s premier series during a 31-year run as title sponsor with its Winston brand, but tobacco sponsorship shrunk after RJR’s 2003 departure.
Two teams backed by smokeless tobacco will be affected: the Longhorn-sponsored truck of Kevin Harvick Inc. and the Nationwide Series car of Baker-Curb Racing backed by Red Man. Harvick says his truck will run the rest of the season (and has found second-half sponsorship).
The future is less certain for Baker-Curb’s No. 27 Ford, which is eighth in points (with Greg Biffle starting 10 of its 12 races) and has two more races with Red Man. Team co-owner Gary Baker says the company considered staying with the team by using the same paint scheme without its logos but worried it would bring government scrutiny.
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A lobby group of small retailers protesting the Government’s tobacco price hike is receiving public relations support from Imperial Tobacco, the tobacco giant told a select committee last week. Imperial Tobacco is the manufacturer of West cigarettes and Davidoff cigarettes. The Association of Community Retailers (ACR), set up late last month, had earlier rejected suggestions it was backed by tobacco cash and said it was entirely funded from its members. Read more
The People Against Tobacco Foundation announced today that it has concluded negotiations with four tobacco manufacturers to settle healthcare and smuggling claims of the foundation’s international membership. Read more