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January 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves 'Net Tobacco Bill Native Americans contend that the unique nature of the bill's sales tax collection would do away with tribal immunity from state laws.   |
U.S. CPSC
June 27, 2002 |
Six Seattle Men Indicted For Manufacturing and Distributing Illegal Fireworks The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms announced today that six people from the Seattle area have been indicted on charges arising from investigations into the illegal manufacture and sale of fireworks in the Northwest. |
U.S. CPSC
June 30, 2004 |
Federal Government Working to Keep Americans Safe on 4th of July A multi-agency group urges consumers to follow safety guidelines and use only legal fireworks. |
U.S. CPSC
April 28, 2004 |
News From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Kansas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for conspiring to sell illegal fireworks to consumers. CPSC is tracking down that that sell professional grade explosives to consumers, and homes that serve as havens for the manufacture of dangerous fireworks devices. |
| AskMen.com |
China: No Free Cigs For Party China's corruption watchdog will clamp down on government officials who use public money to buy expensive cigarettes. |
Reason
February 2006
Jacob Sullum |
Better Not Shop Around Internet retailing threatens to cut into the profits of the shady characters who make a living trucking cigarettes from low-tax to high-tax states. But cigarette smugglers have found an unlikely ally: New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Nanette Byrnes |
How Altria Is Winnowing Out Fake Marlboros The tobacco giant's private cops are going to new lengths to stop contraband smokes. |
U.S. CPSC
June 26, 2002 |
Indiana Businessman Found Guilty of Illegally Selling Professional Display Fireworks To Consumers An Indiana businessman faces up to 35 years in federal prison and a $1,000,000 fine after an Indiana jury found him guilty of selling display fireworks to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
June 27, 2006 |
CPSC Warns Consumers that Using Professional Fireworks Often has Deadly Results Between 2000 and 2005, CPSC has reports of 36 fireworks-related consumer deaths. More than a third of these incidents involved professional devices, which were sold illegally to consumers. CPSC recommends following these fireworks safety tips. |
| AskMen.com |
Is Smoking Back? Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Is Safer Smoke a Joke? A fire-safe cigarette statute for New York may spawn copycat laws over the rest of the country, too. |
U.S. CPSC
June 27, 2007 |
CPSC Warns of Deadly Dangers When Consumers Use Illegal Fireworks On average there are about seven firework-related deaths each year. |
Reason
October 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Taxing Smokes By equating zero revenue with zero smoking, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg implies that New Yorkers who refuse to pay the highest cigarette taxes in the country -- $3.39 perpack -- will have no choice but to quit. In the real world, however, smokers have alternatives. |
BusinessWeek
September 13, 2004
Nanette Byrnes |
Double Danger For Big Tobacco A U.S. Justice suit and a push for FDA oversight have cigarette makers gasping. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2011
Shubh Datta |
A Smoky Outlook for Lorillard Q2 results were respectable, but the next quarter could be weaker for cigarette maker Lorillard. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Smoking Around the World What if hundreds of millions of people around the world quit smoking? |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Elizabeth M. Whelan |
Tobacklash! One man wins $3 billion from Philip Morris and suddenly
people are pro-big tobacco. What have they been smoking? |
U.S. CPSC
June 29, 2010 |
Thousands of Injuries with Sparklers, Firecrackers, and Aerials; CPSC Urges Consumers To Put Safety In Play During the Fourth of July About 200 fireworks injuries a day occur during the month surrounding the July 4th holiday. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Colleen Paulson |
Government Snuffs Marlboro's Lights FDA's moves to control cigarette labeling and packaging take a bite. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 23, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard? A new case study by John Quelch charts the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes and how tobacco companies and regulators are responding. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Cigarette Stocks: The Myth of the Dying Tobacco Industry Do you think these names have the momentum to continue on an upward trend? |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2004
Bill Mann |
The Cigarette Mafia The federal government seeks $280 billion from the tobacco companies, using laws designed to combat the Mafia. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Aki Ito |
Japan Enjoys a Nicotine Buzz The Japanese hoard cigarettes ahead of a major tobacco tax increase -- and that may add as much as 1.4 percentage points to third-quarter GDP growth. |
Reason
November 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Illegal Settlement Fighting the cigarette cartel: Regarding the 1998 agreement that settled 46 state lawsuits against the four major tobacco companies, the states got payments totaling more than $200 billion during the first 25 years; the tobacco companies got protection from liability and competition; and consumers got the bill. |
Linux Journal
December 1, 2002
Lawrence Rosen |
The Ethical System Administrator As an ethical attorney -- or at least an attorney who strives to be ethical -- I must advise everyone to obey the law. Don't make unauthorized copies of software, and don't just sit idly by when you see others in your company doing so. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2011
Frank Vinluan |
Lorillard Hires FDA Official to Tackle Tobacco Regulation The hire of Wilcox comes as menthol cigarettes are expected to come under stricter FDA scrutiny. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Should You Be Sweating About Altria's Second Quarter? Investors weren't happy with Altria's second-quarter earnings report, but there's really not much to worry about. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Money Up in Smoke A bad habit can be a big financial drain. Take a look and see what happens if you invest $4.36 every day instead of buying cigarettes. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2009
Colleen Paulson |
What's Your MO, Altria? Altria is actively supporting FDA regulation of cigarettes. Read on to see why. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2007
Billy Fisher |
The Drag on Reynolds American The tobacco company reports adjusted EPS growth of 12% versus its year-ago quarter. Reynolds American is still an attractive opportunity for income investors and value investors alike. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Colleen Paulson |
Altria's Stayin' Alive Altria delivers EPS growth in spite of a decline in cigarette volume. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
Colleen Paulson |
Altria's Not Tobacco's Only Altruist Reynolds American may purchase a quit-smoking company. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2011
Austin Smith |
Big Tobacco Turns the Tables In an industry rife with lawsuits, Philip Morris tries on the other shoe. |
