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 tract. The recall is limited to products distributed with the following code numbers, which are located on the bottom of the pack:
Newport Non-Menthol Box 80s: 1-O-29-750, 1-O-30-750.
Newport Non-Menthol Box 100s: 1-O-29-440, 1-O-30-440.
No other Lorillard products are affected, including Newport Menthol and other brands, said the company.

A letter provided to CSP Daily News that Lorillard sent to all direct-buying customers on July 19 said, “We are pleased to inform you that all involved Newport Non-Menthol Box 80s and Newport Non-Menthol Box 100s manufactured on 6/29/2011 or 6/30/2011 located in Direct Account locations have now been identified and segregated. As such, all Direct Account customers may resume retail shipments of all other on-hand inventories of Newport Non-Menthol products that were not segregated and discussed with you.”

A letter sent to all retail customers said, “All public distributing warehouses and our direct buying customers have already segregated this product and therefore, any future shipments you
receive have no issue. We are, however, now asking for your assistance in identifying any involved Newport Non-Menthol product that may have reached your retail outlet.”

The company added, “Should you identify any Newport Non-Menthol product in your retail outlet with the involved lot codes please hold them separately from your other Newport Non-Menthol products and arrange to have them returned to your wholesale supplier. We have authorized your wholesale supplier to accept returns of Newport Non-Menthol with the above lot codes. Also, if any of your customers have purchased any Newport Non-Menthol product with the above lot codes and returned them to you please provide them with a full refund of the purchase price and return the product to your wholesale supplier.”

Greensboro, N.C.-based Lorillard, through its Lorillard Tobacco Co. subsidiary, is the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States. Founded in 1760, it is the oldest continuously operating U.S. tobacco company. Lorillard’s flagship menthol-flavored premium cigarette brand is the top-selling menthol and second largest selling cigarette in the United States. In addition to Newport, the Lorillard product line has four additional brand families marketed under the Kent, True, Maverick and Old Gold brand names. These five brands include 43 different product offerings which vary in price, taste, flavor, length and packaging.

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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 after the city where R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was established. So, Winston has the predestination to be the “face” of the famous tobacco company. And the producers don’t underestimate this brand. Its exclusive flavor and taste has been appreciated and loved by the tobacco smokers of the different years and generations.

It is also important to mention the fact that Winston cigarettes are safer to smokers because it is a brand that has no additives in its composition. So, it is less toxic tobacco product than the other cigarette brands. It is the cognate brand due to its famous slogan “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should”.This slogan characterized these cigs at the course of more than 20 years. This slogan was one of the most illustrious that ever existed. It was advertised on TV and radio. This famous slogan was introduced into Simpson's Contemporary Quotations.

Another thing that makes Winston cigarettes to become a world recognizable brand is that Winston was the sponsor for the NASCAR’s championship and such famous drivers as Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin. Winston cigarette brand was a sponsor of a track racing for the first time but it is a brand that is out of competition. Winston was, is and will be a legendary cigarette brand.

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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 of such products in the state, the state government is losing a quite large amount of revenues.
With restriction imposed by some UG groups to these products taking stocks of its health effects, the items have become an item of black marketers.
Taking advantage of the restriction dealers in Imphal is charging whatever amount they like from retailers which even exceeds double of its printed price.
They are pricing Rs 85 for a can of Zarda Baba Black instead of Rs 55, Rs 250 to 270 for a Zarda Baba 120 gm instead of Rs 215, Rs 680 for a can of Zarda 160 instead of Rs 620, Rs 260 to 270 for a packet of 60 Talab sachets instead of Rs 55, Rs 50 for a packet of Rajnigandha instead of Rs 24 and Rs 180 to 200 for a packet of 30 cans of Khaini instead of Rs 130.With the dealers pricing a heavy price for the products, customers are forced to buy the products at a much higher rate from the retailer.
It may be mentioned that some UG groups have restricted shops in the state to sell the tobacco products in the state.
Since then dealers in the state have found the trade of tobacco products in the state a money making machine by selling the products at much higher rates taking advantage of the restriction.
On the other hand shops throughout the state are selling these products at large without thinking of any consequences.
Moreover youths in the state especially the women and teenage girls have found a fashion in chewing tobacco and Talabs.
In such situation many question arise whether the restriction imposed by the UG groups is effective or have the restriction become a valuable maney making tool for the dealers.
Interestingly, no authorized dealer is found in the state when Hueiyen Lanpao investigated the matter.
It was also found that non Manipuri businessmen are procuring the tobacco products by sending their men to the company.

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Appeal Against Cigarette Companies

Jerry Weingart has been waiting more than a decade for the companies he believes killed his wife to be brought to justice. But at 89, the Boynton Beach man doesn’t have the stamina to spend the whole day in court. Holding a cane, he listened on Wednesday morning while one of his attorneys explained to a jury why three Pall Mall cigarette makers should be held responsible for his wife’s death. But Weingart headed home before tobacco attorneys launched their full counterattack

Like in the two other tobacco trials that have been held in Palm Beach County, millions of dollars are at stake.

The cases are among roughly 8,000 that were spawned statewide when the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 threw out a $145 billion jury verdict in a class-action lawsuit. While upholding the jury’s findings that cigarette-makers lied about the dangers of smoking, the high court ruled that each smoker had to prove how they were uniquely harmed by cheap cigarettes.

Weingart’s attorneys said they are seeking damages for the years smoking took off Claire Weingart’s life. Instead of spending their “golden years” together, Jerry Weingart became widower in 1997 when his wife of 54 years died at age 73, attorney Hardee Bass told jurors.

A heavy smoker for roughly 50 years, she didn’t stop smoking even when lung cancer spread to her brain, Bass said. She began smoking in the 1940s when no one suspected smoking posed any health risks. She was powerless to stop because cigarette-makers R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris and Lorillard — the companies that produced her brands of choice — turned her into an addict, he said.

“This case is about a promise the cigarette industry made to a generation of people — the World War II generation,” Bass said during opening arguments. “It’s about the lies they told a generation of smokers. It’s about the truth they hid from a generation of smokers.”

Using company documents, he showed how the companies orchestrated a misinformation campaign to counter growing evidence that smoking kills.

“Claire Weingart was an industry success story,” he said.

Tobacco industry attorneys countered that there is no evidence Weingart was influenced by the documents. Attorney Kenneth Reilly acknowledged that tobacco chiefs made some “wrong-headed” decisions. But, he said, there is no evidence Weingart knew about the statements or used them to justify her decision to keep smoking. Like millions of other smokers, she could have quit.

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