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Bloomberg's Display Ban Faces Strong Opposition

 By Melissa Vonder Haar on Mar. 20, 2013

Expert predicts ban would turn tobacco into ‘the new pornography of the corner store’

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FDA Decides Not to Appeal Court Decision on Graphic Warnings

 By Thomas A. Briant on Mar. 20, 2013

According to a news report issued today by the Associated Press, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter on Friday, March 15 to House Speaker John Boehner informing him that the U.S. Food and ...

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Study: E-Cig Vapor 'Less Injurious' Than Cigarette Smoke

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Mar. 13, 2013

Independent research continues to support electronic cigarettes as safe alternative

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New FDA Director to Participate in Panel at NATO Show

By Thomas A. Briant on Mar. 13, 2013

Mitchell Zeller, the new director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), has agreed to participate in a NATO-FDA panel discussion at the upcoming 2013 NATO Show. The NATO-FDA panel dis...

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A Look at 2013 Tobacco-Related Legislation

By Thomas A. Briant on Mar. 05, 2013

With almost every state legislature that will meet this year having convened their respective 2013 state legislative session, below is a summary of the kinds of different tobacco-related legislation i...

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NATO Submits Comments Asking FDA to Clarify Violation Form

By Thomas A. Briant on Feb. 26, 2013

On Feb. 22, 2013, NATO filed with the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products a supplemental set of comments asking the agency to review the recently approved Potential Tobacco Product Violation Report ...

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Tobacco-Free Smokeless Product Gaining Popularity in Montana

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Feb. 26, 2013

Former smokeless consumer develops alfalfa-based Holt Chew

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N.H. Governor Proposes Cigarette Tax Increase

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Feb. 19, 2013

CONCORD, N.H.-- Last week, Governor Maggie Hassan presented her proposed budget to the New Hampshire Legislature. Hassan's proposal would rely on a 30-cent increase on cigarette taxes, along with ...

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R.J. Reynolds Transforms Tobacco Legislative Website

By Thomas A. Briant on Feb. 19, 2013

Recently, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. announced that its non-corporate website www.nocigtax.com, which was intended to educate tobacco wholesalers and retailers about tobacco legislative tax issues, has...

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ExxonMobil's Tobacco Guidelines

By Carole Donoghue on Feb. 12, 2013

Oil giant shares guidelines with branded marketers

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