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CigarettesReviews - 06/18/2013
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic health warnings for tobacco products, they can survive First Amendment challenge if they depict the health consequences and their effectiveness is confirmed by adequate scientific data, says Georgetown University Medical Center, an expert on public Health and counsel.
Graphic tobacco warning labels that combine images...
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The Sundaily - 06/18/2013
<strong>KUALA LUMPUR (June 18, 2013)</strong>: The Health Ministry is mulling an increase in tobacco tax as part of an ongoing effort to implement better regulations to curb smoking habit in Malaysia. Its deputy director-general, Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman (<em>pix</em>), said the proposed tax increase is to exercise more stringent control on the...
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EurekAlert - 06/17/2013
WASHINGTON When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their effectiveness is supported by adequate scientific evidence, says a Georgetown University Medical Center public health expert and attorney.
Graphic tobacco warning labelswhich...
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The Times of Israel - 06/17/2013
A tax hike on cigarettes that went into effect last month has many choosing to stub out their smokes rather than punish their wallets.
Since the increase went into effect on May 9 , cigarette sales in Israel have dropped 10 percent, the financial newspaper Globes reported Monday.
Finance...
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News OK - 06/16/2013
MANY state-tribal tobacco compact agreements are set to expire at the end of the month. More than 20 tribes asked Gov. Mary Fallin to extend existing compacts through August 2017, but Fallin struck a hard line, agreeing only to short-term extensions and insisting on renegotiating the terms...
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The Register-Guard - 06/13/2013
Oregon legislators are trying to cobble together about $200 million in tax increases as part of an end-of-session budget balancing agreement, and a tobacco tax hike could be part of the deal. Lawmakers say a bill to allow counties to impose their own tobacco taxes, on top of the state's levy, would be a casualty of the agreement. It's hard to see why this should be so. Tobacco...
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RIA Novosti - 06/13/2013
MOSCOW, June 13 (RIA Novosti) – The World Health Organization has no right to dictate Russia how to develop its tobacco pricing policies, the Russian chief health inspector said Thursday.
Head of WHO office in Russia, Luigi Migliorini, has...
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The Register-Guard - 06/12/2013
SALEM — Lawmakers' desire to possibly increase the statewide tobacco tax as part of putting together a budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 could once again doom legislation that would let Oregon counties levy their own tobacco taxes.
In so-far-unsuccessful budget talks between Democrats and Republicans, legislative leaders have considered increasing Oregon's tax of $1.18 per...
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GoLocalWorcester - 06/12/2013
slides: Massachusetts Cigarette Tax Top 10 In US–Ranking
Massachusetts residents are paying one of the highest excise tax rates on cigarettes, according to a tax comparison analysis by independent research group the Tax Foundation . At $2.51 dollars per 20-pack of cigarettes, the state has the 9th highest excise tax rate in the nation.
But there is a method to this madness, says...
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The Register-Guard - 06/12/2013
SALEM – Lawmakers' desire to potentially include a statewide tobacco tax increase in a budgetary “grand bargain” between Democrats and Republicans could once again doom legislation that would allow Oregon counties to levy their own tobacco...
