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East Ridge staff and Council discussed making all East Ridge property tobacco free. The city manager was instructed to have an ordinance drafted to vote on at the next meeting on May 24. Full disclosed, I am a cigarette smoker, but even if I wasn’t I would think that this decision is a bit[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 15:09:00 +0200 37372f33a8332bae641f4661d331817b http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-east-ridge-proposed-tobacco-policy-is-a-bit-extreme-105549602-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-east-bethel-approves-new-rules-for-to-enforce-alcohol-tobacco-sale-violations-105549515.html
The East Bethel City Council May 2 made some revisions to its ordinances regarding alcohol and tobacco sales violations to give itself more enforcement leeway for violations and to clearly state that the license holder and not the clerk would face financial penalties from the city. Any business[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 15:07:00 +0200 1c323acb87d5008948fd5d30f94ec70a http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-east-bethel-approves-new-rules-for-to-enforce-alcohol-tobacco-sale-violations-105549515-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-abc-busts-retailers-for-selling-alcohol-tobacco-to-minors-105549429.html
Like other states, Virginia has strict age limits to buy cigarettes and alcohol. But young people often have little trouble purchasing those products: About one of every eight stores inspected by the state sells tobacco and booze to underage buyers. The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 15:06:00 +0200 a73239b77db73cf04d862f3bbbdbd829 http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-abc-busts-retailers-for-selling-alcohol-tobacco-to-minors-105549429-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-duty-free-tobacco-quantity-reduced-105548001.html
The Government’s 2012-13 budget decision to cut inbound duty-free tobacco(http://www.freetobacco.info/) sales will help reduce the nation’s cancer burden, according to Cancer Council Australia. Cancer Council CEO, Professor Ian Olver, said enabling Australians to bring in large quantities of[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 14:43:00 +0200 a23c0db78a284a74118b66e648e7137f http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-duty-free-tobacco-quantity-reduced-105548001-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-washington-honours-roxon-global-champion-in-anti-tobacco-battle-105547909.html
THE Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, will be honoured in Washington, DC, tonight for championing what will ''go down as the most important turning point'' in the global fight against tobacco in a generation. Ms Roxon, who introduced plain packaging legislation as health minister and is now[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 14:41:00 +0200 8fc5876760ce81da02c7b76b877b6d3e http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-washington-honours-roxon-global-champion-in-anti-tobacco-battle-105547909-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-bat-launches-budget-tobacco-brand-in-australia-row-105547746.html
British American Tobacco Australia said on Thursday it was launching a budget cigarette brand, the latest salvo in a row with the government, which in turn accused the company of targeting teenagers. BAT, which is spearheading a legal challenge to Australia's plan to introduce mandatory plain[...]]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:00 +0200 b9e30e41c03ff60bdaae73cfcb51b828 http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-bat-launches-budget-tobacco-brand-in-australia-row-105547746-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-want-to-quit-smoking-try-acupuncture-or-hypnosis-104740785.html
Acupuncture and hypnosis have been promoted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some evidence that they work, according to a research review that looked at 14 international studies. Researchers, whose findings appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, said that[...]]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 13:20:00 +0200 7d5c694c309ac04d23e35b312ee87a9d http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-want-to-quit-smoking-try-acupuncture-or-hypnosis-104740785-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-2011-sees-increase-in-sale-of-tax-evaded-cigarette-brands-104740681.html
The year 2011 saw a relatively sharp increase in the sale of low-priced tax evaded cigarette brands in the presence of a robust regulatory framework, put into place to curb illicit trade. The rampant cigarette smuggling has not only hit the national exchequer with a major loss of $20 million[...]]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:00 +0200 45567989a58b1889a3087559573d9361 http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-2011-sees-increase-in-sale-of-tax-evaded-cigarette-brands-104740681-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-1980s-safer-cigarette-research-opposed-former-executive-104740622.html
A former president of Imperial Tobacco Canada says the company's largest shareholder attempted to stop an effort to develop safer cigarettes. Jean-Louis Mercier testified Thursday in the $2-billion class-action lawsuit against Canada's tobacco industry, which was launched by Quebec smokers.[...]]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 13:18:00 +0200 daa28d26e6cfd2297f632e1c78e4a582 http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-1980s-safer-cigarette-research-opposed-former-executive-104740622-comments.html#anchorComment http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-e-cigarette-too-is-toxic-say-doctors-104740528.html
Electronic, smokeless cigarettes that are widely available in the country are as bad as smoking regular cigarettes, and are never really the solution to quitting, say city medical experts. The US Food and Drug Administration clearly says e-cigarettes contain “toxic chemicals that are unsafe for[...]]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 13:15:00 +0200 9e90aacafc8b6c06c8bfd4f48d851fd1 http://bestcigarettes.over-blog.com/article-e-cigarette-too-is-toxic-say-doctors-104740528-comments.html#anchorComment