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Thomas A. Briant

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Thomas A. Briant

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Tobacco

Transportation Bill Includes RYO Machine Amendment

House, Senate committee amends definition of "manufacturer of tobacco products"

Tobacco

FDA Marks Third Anniversary of Tobacco Regulations

This month marks the third anniversary of the passage and implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the federal law that authorized the FDA to regulate cigarettes, roll-...

Tobacco

FDA Marks Third Anniversary of Tobacco Regulations

A look at back, a look forward

Tobacco

Providence, RI: A Legal Battleground Over Flavored Tobacco Products, Coupons and Promotions

An important legal battle over a retailer’s ability to sell flavored tobacco products, accept tobacco product coupons, and offer promotionally-priced tobacco products is being waged in U.S. Fede...

Tobacco

State Tax Legislative Update

Of the 23 states in which bills have been introduced during the 2012 legislative session to increase cigarette and/or other tobacco product taxes, to date three state legislatures have passed higher c...

Tobacco

An Update on Commercial RYO Machine Legislation

State legislatures continue to adopt bills that regulate commercial roll-your-own cigarette machines. So far during 2012, eleven states have enacted laws that range from licensing RYO retailers, to pa...

Tobacco

An Update on FDA Tobacco Issues

On June 12, NATO representatives will meet with Dr. Lawrence Deyton, the director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), in a stakeholder's meeting to ...

CSP Magazine

Free Speech vs. Compelled Speech

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed nine graphic image and text statement cigarette health warning labels have resulted in the tobacco industry drawing a figurative, yet extremely important, line in the sand to protect First Amendment free-speech rights.

Tobacco

National Survey Shows Youth Cigarette Use Continues to Decline

The federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) has issued a report titled "Trends in Cigarette Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults" which shows that ciga...

Tobacco

Commercial RYO Machine Legislative Update

During the 2012 state legislative session, 27 states have introduced legislation to regulate operators of commercial roll-your-own (RYO) machines. Of these 27 states, 10 have passed legislation to reg...

Tobacco

NATO Challenges Local Massachusetts Proposals to Set Cigar Prices

In its continuing efforts to respond to local tobacco ordinances, NATO submitted comments this past week to the boards of health in Saugus and Bedford, Mass. Each of these local health boards is consi...

Tobacco

The Need to Vote "NO" on California's Proposition 29

On June 5, 2012, Californians will go to the polls and on the election ballot will be a question known as Proposition 29, the California Cancer Research Act, which, if passed, would raise taxes by $73...

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