E-cigarettes: One battle lost; war continues
A Broward e-cigarette distributor gave up a legal fight with Oregon over the sale of its products there, as the industry waits to see if it will sell its products as a drug device or tobacco product. A leading distributor of electronic cigarettes, Weston-based Smoking Everywhere, has agreed to halt sales in Oregon, Attorney General John Kroger announced Monday. The Oregon official said Smoking Everywhere did not seek U.S
Pro-tobacco campaigner denies Coalition alliance
SHERYLE Moon, the chief executive heading a tobacco-financed campaign to ditch Labor’s plan to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, had a warm relationship with the previous government but rejects suggestions she is allied with the Coalition on her new mission. Ms Moon was appointed to six positions by the Howard government, but yesterday declared ”categorically” that she had not discussed with the Coalition the $5 million advertising campaign starting today
Japan hits smokers where it hurts
TOKYO, Japan — There can be fewer places more amenable to nicotine addiction than Japan. The idea of smoking as a socially unacceptable habit has yet to gain currency, smoke-free bars and restaurants are a rarity and cigarettes, at around 300 yen (about $3.45) a pack, are surprisingly cheap. But Japan’s reputation as a smokers’ paradise faces its toughest challenge for decades with the introduction this autumn of a price hike that will take the price to above 400 yen
Did Big Tobacco finally get burned?
WASHINGTON, – Hidden among the thousands of petitions the U.S. Supreme Court rejected before recessing for the summer was a case so spectacular — the case against Big Tobacco — you wonder why its outcome isn’t drawing more attention.
