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		<title>Are state employees not fussing up to tobacco use?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord knows we love all the employees of the state. And woe to that of any local politician who dares to doubt that every public servant is one of the best, hardest working, best promising people ever created.
So it is with a heavy heart I must report evidence of many public employees and retirees may lay pig dogs. What could cause these hardworking, nice people lie? Thirty dollars a month, it seems the price.
In the past year, lawmakers in Texas was a good idea (hey, one of the bazillion is not bad). The idea turned into law, &#8220;smoking cessation&#8221; program for state employees and retirees, including higher health insurance for smokers and drug coverage for smoking cessation. It entered into force on January 1. State employees and retirees were from November 7 to December 9 indicating if they or family members covered by the plan, tobacco use (defined as the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Lawsuit Helps Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Oregon Legislature convened on Wednesday to begin a month legislative session, the key legislators proposed spending most of the $ 56 million legal windfall to avoid cutting services for the sick and needy.
Three legislators charged with developing a financial plan of the state suggest taking three-quarters of the income from the court victory over the tobacco giant Philip Morris, about $ 41 million, reduced $ 200 million spending gap. They are using budgetary maneuvers and service reductions to cover the remaining deficit.
“With the contribution of Philip Morris&#8217; in our state coffers, has come at a very opportune time,&#8221; said Rep. Dennis Richardson, R-Central Point, co-chair of the Budget Committee.
Budget writers discuss their proposals, as lawmakers have begun their first year, even meeting with the voters decided to make the Legislature meet annually.
The tobacco money comes from the governing December the Supreme Court of Philip Morris call out &#8220;that part ...]]></description>
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		<title>Can tobacco be used to treat cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the laboratory, Toronto, an experiment on mice, seeks to answer the question that could turn conventional wisdom on its head: Can tobacco cure cancer?
The plant best known for its adverse health effects has been genetically engineered to create a drug is comparable to Herceptin, which could one day be used to treat highly aggressive breast cancer at a lower cost.
This development is part of the vegetation trends in the pharmaceutical field. It is based on the belief that proteins can be faster, cheaper and easier, which allows patients in remote parts of the world to gain access to medicines once afford. And it&#8217;s not just tobacco. Plants must be tested as biological agents feel that they do not belong in the laboratory, but in the vegetable section at the health food store: carrots for the treatment of Gaucher disease, duckweed &#8211; these green spots on the top of the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco sales tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cigarette taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s proposal to raise taxes on tobacco products is causing a lot of huffing and puffing among local sellers.
O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s proposed $35.9 billion budget for fiscal 2013 would raise the 15 percent excise tax on cigars, smokeless tobacco and other no cigarette tobacco items to 70 percent. The proposed tax increase would raise the price of a $1.49 cigar to about $2.20.
Budget analysts project the increase will bring the state an extra $20 million next year, according to published reports.
The governor&#8217;s proposal isn&#8217;t sitting well with local retailers.
New taxes on tobacco products will attract more people to neighboring countries for their supplies, said Bob Burgess, owner of JBK Associates in Mount Airy.
&#8220;Many of my customers go next door (in Virginia and West Virginia), and I tell them I do not blame them,&#8221; Burgess said. He said Maryland could certainly use the money that the value added will be pumped ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco giant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tobacco giant behind three of the UK&#8217;s leading brands is under investigation after millions of its cigarettes were shipped to a firm linked to a billionaire accused of playing a key part in suppressing the popular uprising in Syria.
The development has revived concerns about the ability of &#8220;big tobacco&#8221; to police its distribution networks – third party agents who move its product around the world.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which owns the Silk Cut, Mayfair and Benson &#038; Hedges brands, faces questions over its relationship with a firm associated with Rami Makhlouf, who is subject to European Union and US sanctions.
Documents obtained by the Observer show that on 27 May 2011, JTI&#8217;s Middle Eastern distributor, IBCS Trading, dispatched 90 million cigarettes to Syria Duty Free Shops (SDF) Ltd.
Makhlouf, a cousin of the country&#8217;s president, Bashar al-Assad, was the main shareholder in SDF on 9 May 2011, the day the EU ...]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge won’t delay decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco-general info]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday said she won’t delay an order in a 12-year-old lawsuit against the tobacco industry while other courts decide newer cases challenging tobacco marketing restrictions and graphic cigarette warning labels.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington issued a decision in a case in which America&#8217;s largest cigarette manufacturers &#8211; including Philip Morris USA, a manufacturer of top-selling cigarettes Marlboro &#8211; were discovered hidden dangers of smoking for decades.
Kessler said he wants industry to pay for advertising in electronic and print. She did not say that corrective statements must be included in those ads where they should be placed or for how long. This decision Kessler considers the delay.
She asked the parties in November last year to enter from the fact that she put off her decision until other lawsuits challenging the new marketing restrictions and warning labels that the Food and Drug Administration proposed under the ...]]></description>
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		<title>State gets poor grades in tobacco control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Tobacco Control 101, Montana earns a barely passing grade.
Last week, the American Society of Light has released its State of Tobacco Control 2012 report, which gave letter grades to each state, evaluating the performance in four categories: no smoke without air, cigarette taxes and tobacco cessation and prevention. The group released a similar report each of the last 10 years.
In general, the country is losing ground in the fight against tobacco. States do less to keep kids from smoking and the tobacco industry takes advantage of the apathy of the fight, the study said.
Montana is one of the culprits of apathetic, according to the report, and the state legislature did not help matters during the 2011 session.
One, &#8220;&#8221; table Montana was smoking air, thanks to Clean Indoor Act 2005 Air &#8211; which requires that all enclosed public places and workplaces will be smoke-free.
Montana has lagged behind ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Control Leaders Travel To Albany</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco use continues to inflict great damage on the New York State residents, especially the poor.
That is the message that hundreds of tobacco control leaders representing all the county in the state, to bring to Albany on January 24, to train state lawmakers on proven programs, many funded by the state that are in place to help reduce the burden associated with tobacco and to save lives and dollars of the state fee.
New legislators in New York State are invited to visit the Well of the Legislative Office Building, where the local representatives of the program will bring together supporters of the voluntary youth to answer questions, provide resources and give demonstrations of effective tobacco prevention programs are delivered throughout the state.
&#8220;Tobacco control leaders live and work in the communities they serve. They coordinate with community members, partners, allied health and related organizations to provide community-based programs that reach poor ...]]></description>
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		<title>Marlboro, to provide a &#8220;smoke ceremony&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cigarette brands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers rejoice. There is a new, healthier way to smoke, all thanks to the innovators at Altria (formerly known as Philip Morris). Marlboro has just released Smoke Rites, a new line of health conscious products for modern people with active lifestyles.
The concept was born more than two years of intensive research in the laboratories of Marlboro. The head researcher Dr. Dylan Pantzenfahr explains: &#8220;The treatment of lung cancer is one of the main priorities of Marlborough. And while we can not change the nature of the [tobacco], we can change the way people smoke.&#8221; Pantzenfahr refers to the portion. To date, there are no standard servings for consumption of cigarettes. &#8220;It&#8217;s a complicated issue,&#8221; says Pantzenfahr, &#8220;a man with a massive light can consume a lot more cigarettes portion than, say, a tiny man.&#8221; However, in early 2007 Pantzenfahr and his team have set themselves a mission to answer the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Big Tobacco vs. Australia: Philip Morris scores an own goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Madison</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Tobacco vs Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor of Law at Monash University, Mark Davison, investigates the Big Tobacco vs Australian Government saga.
You may have missed it, but stoush between Big Tobacco and the Australian Government to plain packaging legislation took an odd turn at the end of last year. Government&#8217;s response to an attempt to Philip Morris in Asia to challenge the law under the bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong, found that Philip Morris, may have acquired its Australian investments solely in order to take action.
Just before Christmas, the Australian Government formally responded to the claims of Philip Morris Asia Ltd (PMA), Hong Kong company that plain packaging legislation for cigarettes violations of the agreement between the Hong Kong Government and the Australian Government for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (&#8220;BIT&#8221;)..
In short, PMA owns all the shares of Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd, which in turn owns all the shares Philip Morris Philip Morris Ltd ...]]></description>
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