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Smokeless, not safe

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Source: www.sltrib.com Author: Tribune editorial Tobacco-product marketers face an uncommon business problem: They have to lure new customers to replace the nearly half-million Americans who are killed by their products each year. These folks are smart or, should we say, devious. They know that some people never start smoking simply because they don’t like the smell on their [...]

Altria to introduce new Marlboro snus and other smokeless tobaccos

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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Source: www.us-marlboro.com Author: staff In conformity with the recently revealed marketing strategy, Phillip Morris USA has been focused on developing and introducing new extensions of company’s flagship brands Marlboro, L&M and smokeless products, said Michael E. Szymanczyk, chairman of Altria Group, the owner of Philip Morris. Altria also is eager to increase its leading position in the constantly [...]

Anti-smoking bill a victory for kids

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Source: www.blackvoicenews.com Author: Dr. Ernest Levister, Jr The health risks of tobacco are well known, yet the rates of smoking and using chewing tobacco continue to grow. Many young people pick up these habits every year — in fact, 90% of all adult smokers started when they were kids. Each day, more than 4,400 kids become regular [...]

Majors to chew it over as big-league tobacco policy isn’t up to snuff

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Source: www.nydailynews.com/sports Author: Filip Bondy Derek Jeter steps to the plate again, his jaw churning ferociously on some foreign, sticky substance. It’s just gum, and Jeter will prove that to the world now and then by blowing a giant bubble. But until the silly pink ball emerges, who knows? It might be gum, yet it also could be [...]

Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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Source: apnews.myway.com Author: Audra Ang With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke. The Ruyan V8, which produces a nicotine-infused mist absorbed directly into the lungs, is just one of a rapidly growing array of electronic cigarettes attracting [...]

Dissolvable tobacco products?

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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Source: www.wgnsradio.com Author: Scott Walker Dissolvable tobacco. What took the cigarette companies so long to come up with that? Made by R.J. Reynolds, the Camel Orb will debut in a few select markets next month before wider distribution. Rob Dunham with R.J. Reynolds says that the aspirin-sized tobacco product meets the needs of smokers because there’s no smoke, [...]

10 years after settlement, tobacco rebounds in US

Sunday, November 30, 2008

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Source: www.google.com/hostednews/ap Author: Bruce Schreiner and Emery P. Dalesio Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man’s game — tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay’s Tobacco Warehouse in Mount Sterling, due east of Lexington in the Appalachian foothills, where he said he earned [...]

Experts say new tobacco product targets young adults

Sunday, November 23, 2008

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Source: www.marketwatch.com Author: staff New research at West Virginia University is examining whether a smokeless, spitless tobacco product aimed at young adults is catching on. And the researchers have found that RJ Reynolds’ Camel Snus – touted as a socially acceptable way to satisfy addiction – contains surprisingly high levels of nicotine. “Camel Snus contains more nicotine than [...]

Lorillard at Morgan Stanley

Friday, November 21, 2008

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Source: www.apply-best-credit-card.com Author: staff Executives of cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. are scheduled to speak to investors Tuesday at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference. Chief Executive Martin L. Orlowsky and Chief Financial Officer David H. Taylor are scheduled to speak at 10:30 a.m. EST. Greensboro, N.C.-based Lorillard sells Newport, Kent and Old Gold cigarettes. The company [...]

Adult smoking is at record low

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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Source: www2.journalnow.com Author: Richard Craver A rate below 20 percent has more symbolic than commercial significance, tobacco analyst says Smoking among U.S. adults hit a record low during 2007, with less than one in five lighting up. Although breaking through the 20 percent threshold was applauded by anti-smoking groups last week, they acknowledged that an ambitious goal of [...]

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