Menthol cigarettes

Menthol has been used to make some US cigarette brands more appealing to the young, say researchers. A Harvard University team said menthol masks the harshness of cigarette smoke, meaning new...

Eu wants 8.1 per cent rise in cigarette prices by 2014

Maltese smokers will have to fork out more money to keep puffing in the next few years as the European Commission yesterday laid out new plans aimed at narrowing the difference in price levels of...

Burglar Caught with Cigarettes & Beer

A trio of burglars apparently didn't flee far enough from the scene of the crime. Deputies responded to an alarm at the Express Lane on Blountstown Highway at about 2am and found the glass door...

Fined In Tobacco Probe

LONDON - The UK's Office of Fair Trading said Friday that it has reached early resolution agreements with six companies in which they have admitted engaging in unlawful practices in relation to...

Should menthol cigarettes be banned?

The Congressional Black Caucus is leading an effort to push the government toward greater regulation of menthol cigarettes, which are popular among African Americans and considered by some to be...

Japan Tobacco eyes Russia's premium market

Tokyo, -japan tobacco inc. Will step up its cigarette marketing efforts in Russia, focusing on upscale brands to woo local consumers, whose incomes are rising. In May, JT released a premium brand...

Cigarettes are GOOD for you

Yesterday's gasp is tomorrow's ho-hum and things move continually in and out of style — acceptance too. Take the young in their swanky watering holes, downing quarts of the hard liquor the rest of...

E-cigarettes a healthy alternative

This man is smoking an E-cigarettes or electronic cigarettes. This cigarette provides satisfaction to the users without harming them in any way. And they are now finding acceptance among people at...

Menthol Cigarettes

“Opposition to Menthol Cigarettes Grows” (Business Day, June 5) misses the point that the effort to prohibit menthol as a flavoring in cigarettes is but the first leap toward a national ban on all...

Uganda: Tobacco Firms Should Be Socially Responsible

I wish to draw attention to the damage tobacco growing has caused to the environment in West Nile, the North, Bunyoro and south-western Uganda. Several acres of woodland have been felled for...