Daily Archives: July 21, 2009

Health experts compare soda to tobacco


Budget lights up cigarette industry

Retention of existing excise structure proves a big relief for the industry already reeling under high value-added tax burden

TURKEY: SMOKING BAN TAKES EFFECT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES


Big Tobacco retains its clout

The tobacco industry has had a rough patch lately. The industry lost big in the courts in May. First, the California Supreme Court reinstated a major consumer lawsuit aimed at cigarette-makers’ decadeslong advertising campaign. The case focuses on industry deceits including claims implying that “light” cigarettes were less harmful than regular cigarettes.

Mixed Messages Complicate Efforts to Ban Smoking in Military

The Pentagon’s goal of making the U.S. military tobacco-free may be getting undermined by the mixed messages it is sending, some health professionals say.

Housing complex owners vote to ban smoking