Archive for the ‘Tobacco Companies’ Category

Karnataka Tobacco Crop Closed by March 15

The Tobacco Board, after marketing 75 per cent of the authorised tobacco crop in Karnataka, has allowed entry of unauthorised crop grown by registered growers on to the auction platforms from Monday (February 13). The board is also planning to close tobacco auctions in the State by March 15. According to Mr K.N. Vishakantaiah, Regional [...]

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Council Invests Money in Tobacco Firms

Councils have been criticised for investing £20m in tobacco firms while at the same time telling people to quit the habit. Critics have said the £19.8m invested for council workers’ pensions was in conflict with efforts to get county residents to quit. The £1.2bn fund’s largest company investment is £11.3m in British American Tobacco with [...]

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California New Tax On Smokes

The study found that the new tax would have a significant effect on the state’s overall economy because Californians would smoke less and spend their money in other ways. The initiative, the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA), is on the statewide June 5 ballot. If the measure is approved, state cigarette taxes would rise by [...]

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The Myth of the Dying Tobacco Companies

Despite the passage of smoking laws, anti-smoking campaigns and an increased overall awareness of the danger of tax free Marlboro cigarette smoking, the tobacco industry is still making strong profits. Stanford’s Robert Proctor recently released his 750 study Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. Publishing the book personally cost [...]

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Malawi Tobacco Products Down

The Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) expects the country’s tobacco production and cheap Karelia cigarettes to go down by as much as 50 percent of this year’s initially projected production as a result of farmer apathy and erratic rains during the early months of the season. While ordinarily that should result into better prices for [...]

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Tobacco Use Can Save Life, Philip Morris Declared

While the governments of several countries are forcing the tobacco biggies to showcase the deadly effects of discount Nistru cigarettes through their packets, Philip Morris International (PM) has interestingly geared up to prove that tobacco can save lives too. To strengthen its mission, the company has invested heavily for a 40% stake in the Canadian [...]

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