The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association is objecting to new tobacco tax proposals by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and two alderman in the City of Chicago...
The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative has launched a campaign to raise taxes on all tobacco products in Maryland. Capital cigarette prices would increase by $1 per pack, and other tobacco...
Qatar is mulling a move to increase tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products in a bid to curb their use. The move also includes raising penalties on smoking in...
Two Cook County revenue investigators have been fired for allegedly accepting “thousands” of dollars in bribes — hush money from convenience stores and other outlets selling cigarettes without paying the...
Pressure from anti-smoking activists has impacted on the price of tobacco and Classic cigarettes which currently stands at about US$2.66 per kg from about US$3.43 per kg last year. Tobacco...
The survey says a quarter of buyers would expect a discount on a property if there was evidence a smoker lived there. The news is even worse for those who...
Police in Union County are investigating a Winston cigarette burglary from a convenience store — possibly carried out by the same gang responsible for a string of similar crimes in...
Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo ‘Erin’ R. Tañada III cautioned against the passage of an “incomplete measure” on tobacco and Classic cigarettes tax reform that would only lift price classification freeze...