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Dodgy trader hauled before court after selling illegal cigarettes from car boot

Thousands of illegal cigarettes were found in the BMW

Manchester Evening News

GOP: Making smoking great again

Masculinity gets toxic — literally! — with the GOP majority's plans to stink up the halls of Congress with tobacco

Salon

School lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal road

Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem in the mental health crisis among youth

The Independent UK

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City Council committee alters game plan on ‘astronomical’ vaping by Chicago teens

The ordinance would require a new city license whenever a retailer “derives more than 20 percent of their gross revenue from the sale of electronic cigarette products, accessories or liquid nicotine products.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Legal age to buy cigarettes could rise by one year every year under Labour

Everyone in England would eventually be banned from buying cigarettes under the plan, which was presented to Tory ministers last year - and will be looked at by Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting

Daily Mirror

Polish food shop in Swansea was centre of illegal cigarette operation

In total 140,000 illegal cigarettes and 20kg of rolling tobacco were recovered

Wales Online

4 Stocks You'll Want to Make a Move on Now

The recent hotter-than-expected jobs data, coupled with the Fed’s relentlessness in its aggressive monetary stance, has led to the stock market testing its depths. Hence, it would be opportune to invest in fundamentally strong stocks UnitedHealth (UNH), Altria Group (MO), STMicroelectronics (STM), and Adams Resources and Energy (AR). Continue reading….

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3 Trending Stocks on Wall Street to Buy This Week

The major market indexes endured a difficult time last year amid high inflation and the Fed’s rate hikes. With the Fed stating that high-interest rate hikes will continue through 2023, the market could remain under pressure. Therefore, it could be wise to buy trending stocks Salesforce (CRM), Altria Group (MO),…

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Carrickfergus: Masked person armed with knife robs shop

They made off from the scene with a sum of money and quantity of tobacco

Belfast Live

2 Upgraded Stocks to Add to Your Watchlist This January

IMF chief has warned that this year will be more challenging than the last year. Furthermore, growing recessionary fears and the COVID “bushfire” could negatively impact the economy. Amid an uncertain economic backdrop, it could be wise to add fundamentally strong stocks Altria Group (MO) and Schlumberger (SLB) to your…

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Tobacco companies to foot the bill for cigarette butts in Spain

The new rules are part of a broader set of initiatives designed to combat waste and increase rates of recycling in Spain

The Independent UK

Over 40 Northern Ireland shops caught selling vapes to under 18s

It has also emerged most councils have no dedicated recycling facilities for the mounting waste stream

Belfast Live

Ferryhill shop ordered to close after it was found to be selling illegal tobacco

Harry’s Mini Market, on Market Street, Ferryhill, will close for three months following the order

Chronicle Live

‘Heavy hit’ or ‘major milestone’? California’s flavored tobacco ban begins with mixed reviews

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Store owners across California on Wednesday were finally required to wipe their shelves clean of fruity, minty and candied flavored tobacco products, marking the culmination of a two-year fight by the tobacco industry to halt a statewide ban.

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Panel warns FDA’s beleaguered tobacco unit lacks direction

A new report criticizes the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to oversee the tobacco industry, including traditional cigarettes and vaping products

ABC News

NT Supreme Court judge sentences man to jail over illegal tobacco crop near Katherine

A man who played a key role in a multi-million-dollar illicit tobacco operation that tried to avoid paying $15 million to the Australian Tax Office will serve three months in jail.

Reuters

Japan approves tax-code revision, more funds for defence build-up

Japan's ruling bloc formally agreed on Friday to revise the national tax code for the next fiscal year starting in April, aiming to shift household assets into investment as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's "new capitalism" agenda.

Reason

These Memos Show That FDA Regulation of E-Cigarettes Is Driven by Dubious Value Judgments Rather Than Science

The agency is determined to ban the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer. For the children.

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New Zealand Bans Cigarette Sales to Anyone Born After 2008. Forever.

The country's strategy ignores the failures of prohibition.

Liverpool Echo

People spending £54m every year on tobacco costing local NHS £15m

Statistics in a recent Wirral Council report said smoking was “the biggest cause of preventable ill health” in the area with an estimated 1,386 deaths every year

The New Daily

New Zealand’s world first laws effectively ban smoking in the future

New Zealand is set to bring about a smoke-free generation. One expert thinks this will kick off the next wave of tobacco control policies.

Pedestrian.tv

NZ Parliament Has Passed Legislation That Will Prevent Future Generations From Buying Cigarettes

The country wants to be completely smoke-free by 2025.

Daily Mirror

New Zealanders born after 2009 banned from EVER smoking in bid for cigarette-free future

In theory, someone trying to buy tobacco products 50 years from now in New Zealand would have to show ID to prove they are at least 62 years old - though Wellington has a stated aim of making the country smoke-free by 2025

Evening Standard

New Zealand imposes world-first lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

It is part of a nationwide goal of having fewer than 5 per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Zealand Imposes Lifetime Ban on Youth Buying Cigarettes

New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying…

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