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Altria Group Completes Its Acquisition Of UST
Altria Group Inc. has completed its $10.4 billion acquisition of Stamford, Conn.-based UST Inc. and said it plans to close UST's headquarters by the end of the year. Altria also said it will eliminate some positions among UST's 350 corporate employees in...Tags: Corporate Officers, Stamford, Altria Group, Virginia, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging tobacco master settlement
Associated Press WriterLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the states and 19 tobacco product makers saying there's no legal basis for attacking the compact. U.S. District Judge Jennifer...Tags: Corporate Crime, Sales, Kentucky, National Government, Litigation
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Pa. joins fire-safe cigarette states
Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day. Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas on Thursday joined 17 other states in mandating the fire-safe cigarettes....Tags: Pennsylvania, Utah, New Hampshire, Iowa, Louisiana
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More states mandating fire-safe cigarettes, but some claim the new smokes taste different
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day. Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas on Thursday joined 17 other states in...Tags: Pennsylvania, Utah, Iowa, New Hampshire, Louisiana
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Smokers should pay a tax for their 'sins'
The governor and too many members of the Florida Legislature are hell-bent on putting tobacco-industry profits above the interests of 18-plus million Floridians. The state tax on cigarettes is the 46th lowest in the nation and hasn't been raised since...Tags: State Budgets, Florida, Executive Branch, Government
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Don't make smokers suffer even more with higher state tax
I haven't smoked a cigarette in 35 years, but I still have a lot of empathy for smokers. Tobacco is one of the most addictive substances on the planet, and quitting smoking was one of the most difficult things I've ever done in my life. So to those...Tags: Justice System, State Budgets, Addiction, Florida, Lawyers
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Give FDA tobacco role
If you're selling a product known to kill people, you face a knotty marketing problem: You must somehow persuade your customers to keep paying for it, and often pay more, but never exactly admit just how deadly it is. If you're the tobacco companies,...Tags: National Government, Justice System, Court Administration, Local Authority, Altria Group
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Tobacco firms' Asia tactics questioned
Associated PressBANGKOK — Two of the world's largest tobacco companies, seeking to expand sales into Asia, worked to undermine anti-smoking policies in Thailand and China by infiltrating one research institute and funding another, researchers said Tuesday. The...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Altria Group, Research, Human Rights
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U.S. Supreme Court opens way for suits by 'light' cigarette smokers
Washington BureauThe Supreme Court cast a new cloud over the future of the tobacco industry on Monday, ruling the cigarette-makers can be sued for deceiving smokers about the dangers of their highly popular "light" cigarettes. The decision clears the way for a new era of...Tags: Illinois Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, Missouri, Massachusetts, Justice System
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Justices deal setback to tobacco industry over 'light' cigarettes
Washington BureauThe Supreme Court dealt a blow to the tobacco industry Monday, ruling that the makers of popular "light" and "low tar" cigarettes can be sued for billions of dollars by smokers who say they were deceived into thinking these were safer cigarettes. The...Tags: Justice System, Advertising, Consumers, Marketing, John Paul Stevens
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Will tobacco lovers swallow 'Snus' smokeless tobacco?
Will aficionados of snuff swallow a chewing tobacco set to hit the United States? Hide the spittoon Snus, Swedish for tobacco, is a tiny, tea-baglike pouch of steam-pasteurized, smokeless tobacco to tuck between the cheek and gum. Aromatic to the...Tags: West Virginia, European Union, Sales, Cancer, Medical Research
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U.S. Supreme Court allows suits over 'light' cigarettes
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the tobacco industry today, ruling that the makers of popular "light" and "low tar" cigarettes can be sued for billions of dollars by smokers who say they were deceived into thinking these were safer cigarettes. The...Tags: Justice System, Advertising, Consumers, Marketing, John Paul Stevens
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