Articles tagged with tobacco
Wed, May 23, 2012
Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Big tobacco groups fear spread of plain packaging
By David Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top tobacco groups fear if new rules on plain packaging take hold in Australia and Britain ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
Big Tobacco pays states $6.5 billion, unchanged from 2011
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three of the biggest U.S. tobacco companies said on Monday they have paid a total of $6 ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
Big Tobacco pays states $6.5 billion under accord
(Reuters) - Three of the biggest U.S. tobacco companies said on Monday they have paid a total of $6.5 billion this year to ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
Appeals court hears case of graphic tobacco ads
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government on Tuesday defended graphic tobacco labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
WHO brokers deal to stamp out tobacco smuggling
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Health officials on Wednesday provisionally agreed a global deal to combat tobacco smuggling, a trade the World Health Organisation ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Cancer killing younger people in India, tobacco main cause
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cancer is killing younger people in India and affecting far more poor and less-educated villagers than wealthier ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Supreme court refuses tobacco firm appeal in smoker case
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it will not hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Smoking is a drag on world economy: Tobacco Atlas
By Mark Tay
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Smoking costs the world 1 to 2 percent of its gross domestic product each year and could kill about ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Smoking deaths triple over decade: tobacco report
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Tobacco-related deaths have nearly tripled in the past decade and big tobacco firms are undermining public efforts that could ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Court: Tobacco health labels constitutional
By Terry Baynes
(Reuters) - A U.S. law requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising does not violate the free speech ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
C$27 billion suit vs Big Tobacco starts in Montreal
(Reuters) - Canada's three biggest tobacco companies, all with multinational parents, face C$27 billion ($27.30 billion) in damages and penalties as the ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
Obama admin appeals ruling on tobacco health label
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday appealed a decision that found unconstitutional a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation requiring tobacco companies ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Tobacco health labels unconstitutional: judge
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sided with tobacco companies on Wednesday, ruling that regulations requiring large graphic health warnings on ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Judge: health labels may stem tobacco co rights
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal rule requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising may violate the free speech rights ...
Sun, January 15, 2012
Scotland delays implementing tobacco display ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland has delayed implementation of a tobacco display ban in supermarkets because of a change to the regulations and a legal challenge ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Ontario judge says C$50 billion tobacco suit can proceed
TORONTO (Reuters) - An Ontario judge has ruled that a C$50 billion ($48.82 billion) lawsuit against a group of 14 tobacco companies can ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
British heart group calls for plain tobacco packs
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Heart health campaigners urged the British government Thursday to follow Australia's lead and ban all eye-catching designs and ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Virginia tobacco farmers turn to Christmas trees
By Matthew A. Ward
PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) - Christmas is indeed a jolly time of year for some former Virginia tobacco farmers who have switched ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Chinese fume over honor to tobacco academic
BEIJING(Reuters) - Chinese health officials and commentators have assailed one of the country's most prestigious academic bodies for recruiting a scientist who specialized ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
Chinese fume over honor to tobacco academic
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese health officials and commentators have assailed one of the country's most prestigious academic bodies for recruiting a scientist who specialized ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Weak Dutch tobacco controls to cost lives: experts
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Leading cancer, asthma and heart health experts accused the Dutch government on Friday of "all but closing down" its ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Weak Dutch tobacco controls will cost lives: experts
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Leading cancer, asthma and heart health experts accused the Dutch government on Friday of "all but closing down" its ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Imperial Tobacco challenges Australia plain packaging
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Imperial Tobacco launched a legal challenge in Australia's High Court on Tuesday against new laws forcing tobacco products to be sold ...
Sun, November 20, 2011
Philip Morris challenges Australia on plain pack
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Tobacco giant Philip Morris on Monday launched legal action against Australian laws forcing tobacco products to be sold in ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Australia may delay controversial anti-tobacco plan
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government may have to delay plans for the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws after conservative opposition lawmakers ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Australia may delay controversial anti-tobacco plan
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government may have to delay plans for the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws after conservative opposition lawmakers ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
FDA to study effect of tobacco rules on smokers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said on Thursday they will follow the behavior and health of 40,000 smokers aged 12 and older ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Australia seeks world backing on tobacco legal fight
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is confident the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws will soon pass parliament, but the government warned on Thursday ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Australia seeks world backing on tobacco legal fight
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is confident the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws will soon pass parliament, but the government warned on Thursday ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Analysis: Tobacco warnings latest business free-speech case
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco companies are the latest of several corporate groups to assert a right to free speech in a high-profile ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Analysis: Tobacco warnings latest business free-speech case
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco companies are the latest of several corporate groups to assert a right to free speech in a high-profile ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Big tobacco to take Australia packaging fight to higher court
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Cigarette giant British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to appeal an Australian court ruling that handed the tobacco industry a ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Striking Verizon workers boost jobless claims
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Florida court upholds $30 million tobacco award
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a jury's order that the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co pay ...
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