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Advocates urge FDA action to ease policing fears in menthol ban

WASHINGTON — Experts and advocates are calling on the Biden administration to do more to avoid potential confrontations between police and racial minorities if the Food and Drug Administration finalizes a ban on menthol cigarettes.

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On a Connecticut farm, 100 migrant workers spend months living, cooking and harvesting tobacco together

ENFIELD, Connecticut — Gerald Gray wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare his meals for the long day in the fields as one of the 100 Jamaican workers employed by the Jarmoc family on the Jarmoc Farms tobacco fields.

Tribune News Service

Advocates urge FDA action to ease policing fears in menthol ban - Roll Call

An estimated 85 percent of Black smokers use menthols, according to the FDA, compared with 30 percent of white smokers.

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City of Sydney to consider ban on fossil fuel advertising to fight climate change, pollution

The City of Sydney will consider becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to ban fossil fuel advertising on council-run properties and infrastructure, citing health and environmental reasons.

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'Publications now carry government's pictures': Press Club event looks at what ails photojournalism

On the first floor of the Press Club of India, in the corridor outside the conference room, a group of photojournalists were smoking cigarettes on Friday afternoon. “These men are stuck in a world that has long passed,” said one of them, carefully balancing a filter and tobacco on a…

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Penthouse sells for record price near Bramley Moore Stadium site

Take a look inside the penthouse that sold for more than half a million pound

Liverpool Echo

Cigarette butts: how the no 1 most littered objects are choking our coasts

An estimated 4.5tn tobacco filters are littered each year and many end up in oceans with deadly consequences

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Illegal tobacco and cannabis grower arrested in police raids

One person was arrested for the cultivation of cannabis

Manchester Evening News

Cigarette advertising aggressively targets kids in low- and middle-income countries, a new study finds

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Is Tobacco Vaping Associated With Cannabis Use In Youth? Here's What A New Study Found

A study found that adolescents who use e-cigarettes are over three times more likely to use cannabis than those who don’t. "E-cigarette use among cannabis-naive adolescents was associated with an increased likelihood of both self-reported past 12-month and past 30-day cannabis use 1 year later," stated the study.

Benzinga

Tripura doctors for tougher tobacco laws to prevent cancer

AGARTALA: The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Cancer Centre in Tripura stressed on modification of government policy to further strengthen the fight against growing cases of cancer in the state and urged the government to implement the existing laws related to regulation of sale and use of tobacco and food adulteration.…

The Times of India

County Durham woman ordered to pay over £1,000 after illegal tobacco found in her shop

In total, investigators found 6,260 illicit cigarettes and 350 grams of illicit hand rolling tobacco

Chronicle Live

Lost 'Addams Family' building would have 'been in so many films' had it survived

Had it not been demolished, the building would not have looked out of place in a horror movie or location in a Harry Potter film

Liverpool Echo

Review: The Fall of Cigarette Vending Machines

Formerly ubiquitous tobacco vending machine sales are now banned under a 2010 FDA measure.

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More than 1m illegal cigarettes were found in the North East last year - and trading standards want you to help them find more

Trading standards and the police have discovered huge quantities of illegal tobacco products in our area - and it's linked to organised crime.

The Guardian - AU

Tobacco giant’s cash for vapes scheme paused after backlash from Australian health experts

Proposed program that would see Philip Morris pay pharmacists $275 when they order VEEV vapes labelled ‘nothing short of appalling’

The Conversation

The US government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives – an expert who studies tobacco addiction explains

The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that – when used as intended – causes the premature death of half of long-term users.

The Hindu

FCV tobacco fetches record price of ₹179.17 per kg in Andhra Pradesh

121 million kg of produce sold during auction in the season that ended in July

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Bristol Post

Last part of South Bristol's tobacco factory wasteland is finally being built on

It's been a pile of rubble for longer than the Imperial factory was open

The Guardian - UK

Greenwashing is driving our descent into climate catastrophe. But we can stop it

If we could ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship, we can ban fossil fuel propaganda, says the actor and activist Emma Thompson

Daily Record

Drug-detecting dog called Boo is hero of the hour after sniffing out around £1500 of fake tobacco at Perth shop

The joint initiative between Scottish Trading Standards services and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tackles the illegal tobacco trade at retail level

The Hindu

Morning Digest | SC gives petitioners liberty to intervene in Places of Worship Act pending case; cigarette products to display ‘Tobacco causes painful death’ warning from Dec. 1, and more

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The Smartest Tobacco Stock to Buy for the Long Haul

Altria Group (MO) reported weak second-quarter revenues but reaffirmed its EPS guidance range for 2022. While the stock may remain under pressure in the near term due to the broader market volatility, the company’s strong profitability and reasonable valuation make it a solid long-term investment. Read on….

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Buoyant tobacco farmers gear up for new cropping season

During the just-concluded auctions, they not only realised record prices but also liquidated the stocks within 100 days

The Hindu

Coimbatore oncologist launches a digital flip book to create tobacco awareness

A 15-page digital flip book launched as a part of an ongoing monthly campaign urges people to quit tobacco for their own health and the health of the environment

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