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See New FDA Ads About Cigarette Sales

To date, more than 100,000 compliance checks have been completed by teams of state or local officials and young people at retail outlets throughout the country ...
The FDA rule, published in August 1996, requires retailers to check for photo identification of anyone younger than age 27 who attempts to purchase cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and prohibits the sale of these items to anyone under age 18 ...
Studies show that the best way to keep retailers from selling tobacco products to minors is through a combination of compliance activities and public education campaigns that target both retailers ...
Tobacco retailers interested in receiving a free campaign kit should contact FDA at 888-FDA-4KIDS ...

Study: Most States Get Short End of Landmark Tobacco Agreement

The deal was structured so that smokers would have to pay this wrote Bulow ...
By far the largest of the pacts is the Master Settlement Agreement ...
Rather, the MSA allocates percentage shares, which are purportedly based on each state 's smoking population, related health care costs and other considerations ...

Increase in Cig Taxes May Lower Bond Returns

The FDA rule, published in August 1996, requires retailers to check for photo identification of anyone younger than age 27 who attempts to purchase cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and prohibits the sale of these items to anyone under age 18 ...
Even a small drop in smoking rates may increase the risk for investors who've bought bonds that are backed by payments to state and local governments from tobacco companies ...
Tobacco retailers interested in receiving a free campaign kit should contact FDA at 888-FDA-4KIDS ...
By far the largest of the pacts is the Master Settlement Agreement ...
That positive health news may have negative implications for investors in tobacco bonds ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

6 million packs were sold in the month, a 47 percent drop from July 2001 ...
Public-health groups are pointing to a sharp rise in teenage cigar smoking at the same time the industry has increased its advertising ...
Without this year's tax increases, as many as 20 billion more cigarettes would have been consumed by the end of next year, he estimated ...
It's not clear where the cigar companies stand on federal legislation ...

States Lose Taxes From Web Cigarette Sales

Surveys have found that almost 11 percent of men and 2 percent of women smoke cigars ...
The cost to state s can run into the millions, according to the report ...
DRI-Wefa performs cigarette consumption forecasts for bond underwriters ...

Highlights Advantages of State Lawsuits Over Flawed Global Deal

Surveys have found that almost 11 percent of men and 2 percent of women smoke cigars ...
A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study found that between 1996 and 1997, the number of cigar brands increased from 207 to 319 ...
Last week, several cigar manufacturers went to federal court to block the Massachusetts law, which was supposed to go into effect Aug ...
The FDA rule, published in August 1996, requires retailers to check for photo identification of anyone younger than age 27 who attempts to purchase cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and prohibits the sale of these items to anyone under age 18 ...
Moreover, the companies agreed, in writing, to assist Florida in enacting new laws designed to keep children from smoking ...

Seeks Protection From Congress

DRI-Wefa performs cigarette consumption forecasts for bond underwriters ...
Now big tobacco is looking to Congress to pass a global bailout which will prevent other state s from holding the cigarette companies accountable for the harm they have caused and reveal more of the truth hidden in the secret documents ...
Following are excerpts on the Florida settlement from various news reports ...
The nation's cigarette companies on Monday agreed to pay Florida $ 11 ...

Text of Clinton's Speech on Tobacco

A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study found that between 1996 and 1997, the number of cigar brands increased from 207 to 319 ...
Source: Federation of Tax Administrator Eddystone, Pennsylvania, -- U ...
Without this year's tax increases, as many as 20 billion more cigarettes would have been consumed by the end of next year, he estimated ...

Industry Bankruptcy Threat May Be a Bluff

workers had to work far less time to earn enough to buy a pack than workers in both advanced and developing nations ...
In full-page ads in national newspapers last week, Big Tobacco warned that proposed anti smoking legislation "would put us out of business ...
The deal was structured so that smokers would have to pay this wrote Bulow ...
But there's some evidence from markets around the world that the proposed U ...
The officials can then pursue the buyers to make sure they pay local sales taxes ...

Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Smoking in Movies

California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...
A study of 1995 prices published by the World Health Organization found that a pack of cigarettes costs nearly three times as much in Norway and Denmarkand more than twice as much in the United ...
William Sorrell, incoming president of the National Association of Attorneys General, told a group of advertisers and agency reps at an April meeting in Washington that, It's hard to imagine Casablanca's Rick Blaine without smoke swirling around his face as he grows increasingly morose ...