Tasmania State Parliament Enforsed New Smoking Legislations

The Tasmanian State Parliament has banned smoking in outdoor dining areas, at sporting events, bus shelters and playgrounds. The Upper House on Thursday gave the final approval needed to ensure the bans comes into effect next March. During debate the Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Doug Parkinson, said it will denormalise smoking. “Denormalising tobacco is crucial to protecting the children of today,” he said. “Reducing the incidences in which children are exposed to tobacco and smoking helps to denormalise it to children so they are less likely to view smoking as socially acceptable behaviour, less likely to start smoking...

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The Shocking Ingredients in Cigarettes

If you think cheap cigarettes are simply dried tobacco leaves rolled in paper, you’re about 597 ingredients off. The tobacco industry has become master mixologists with the additives. Some ingredients are added for flavor, but research has shown that the key purpose of using additives is to improve tobacco’s potency resulting in increased addictiveness–and the additives they choose to use are dreadful. I remember hearing something about “the list” back in the 1990s when tobacco companies first started being taken to task for their dastardly ways, but seeing the list again now that I’m educated about chemistry and health, I am absolutely staggered....

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Marijuana Smoke in MediLeaf Legal Fight

More than two years after a Gilroy medical marijuana dispensary was shut down for operating without a city business license, a state appellate court has ruled that city officials were in the right by declaring it a “public nuisance” despite prolonged objections by the club’s operators. In a 36-page opinion filed Tuesday by California’s Sixth District Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Wendy Clark Duffy wrote that the City of Gilroy acted within its power and broke no laws when it ordered MediLeaf to close its doors in August 2010. City officials are confident the decision is the final nail in the coffin for MediLeaf’s fight, with City Attorney...

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British American Tobacco - best cigarettes brands

We recognise that our business starts with our consumers and our brands. It’s not about encouraging people to start smoking or to smoke more, but about meeting the preferences of adults who have chosen to consume tobacco, and differentiating our brands from their competitors. We have never believed that ‘one size fits all’. Our portfolio of more than 200 brands is based on distinct strategic segments – premium, fresh taste and Adult Smokers Under 30 (ASU30). Our four Global Drive Brands - Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall - cover the premium and value for money price segments. They grew by 7 per cent in 2010, or 13 billion more cigarettes. While...

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Lorillard Recalls Certain Newport Non-Menthol Packs

Lorillard Inc., the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States, said that it voluntarily implemented a precautionary recall of certain Newport Non-menthol cigarettes. The company initiated the recall “out of an abundance of caution” following its discovery that some Newport Non-Menthol cigarettes manufactured June 29 and 30, 2011, could contain small pieces of plastic.The company sought and received guidance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) upon discovering the foreign substance.No plastic has been found in any of the cigarettes. If burned, the plastic may create discomfort or irritation of the respiratory...

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Winston Cigarettes and Tobacco Description

Winston cigarette is the brand which became famous immediately it appeared on the market of the tobacco productions due to its magnificent taste and exclusive flavor. It obtains the leading places in tobacco sales of discount cigarettes brands in the United States. Winston wins the name of the best selling brand of the cigarettes of the year 1954 , the year when Winston cigarettes appear; and at the beginning of our century the Winston tobacco is still on the top among the famous brands of cigarettes from the United States. Winston is the cigarette brand that has been winning a large audience of smokers all over the world. This brand was named...

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Tobacco Product Prices Doubled in State

With the restriction imposed by UG groups on tobacco products and the popularity among the youths of the state, corrupt businessmen have found safe haven in the state by selling the restricted tobacco products and Winston cigarettes at a much higher rates which is more than twice the actual rate of the products. Tobacco products like Zarda, Khaini, Talab, Rajnigandha are being procured by the businessmen in the state by trafficking them in buses and trucks. They are also not paying any VAT tax to the state government since they are trafficking the products in illegal ways. Since the state authority is not doing anything to check the trafficking...

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