The Guardian
We're quitting smoking, so why is big tobacco booming?
Smoking rates are falling in the UK, US and much of Europe. Forty-five per cent of Brits smoked in the 60s and 70s, compared with just 15% today. You would think this was bad news for cigarette profits, but tobacco companies are making...
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Juul dominates vaping industry despite critics
It has only taken about a year for Juul to dominate the vaping industry even as criticism of vape products grows.
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How vaping became the new smoking
A lack of restriction on the marketing, sale and labelling of vape products has created a new market for nicotine products, many of which are backed by big tobacco companies.
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Should big tobacco advertise vaping as healthier?
The tobacco industry wants to advertise vaping products. But a new law prevents them from claiming it's healthier than smoking. Big tobacco is banking on vaping product sales, but should they be able to advertise them?
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Should big tobacco be permitted to advertise vaping as healthier?
The tobacco industry wants to advertise vaping products. But a new law prevents them from claiming it's healthier than smoking. Big tobacco is banking on vaping product sales, but should advertising be permitted?
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Big Tobacco's moves
Jorge Araya, president and CEO, Imperial Tobacco Canada, on the industry's push into smokeless nicotine products
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Big Tobacco Posts Warning Signs, Final Step in 1999 Lawsuit
Tobacco manufacturers have started posting new warning signs about cigarettes in over 200,000 stores across the country, one of the final steps in a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Big Tobacco in 1999.
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Advocates Praise FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes for Addressing Racial Disparity in Tobacco-Related Health Effects
Filmmaker Lincoln Mondy, who partnered with Truth Initiative for the film 'Black Lives / Black Lungs,' joined Wake Up With Cheddar to discuss the importance of the FDA's decision to move to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, and...
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Iceberg Dead Ahead: InvestBev CEO Warns Adult Beverage Distributors Must Adapt to Changing Society
Brian Rosen, Founder and CEO of InvestBev, discusses what the Surgeon General’s new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk means for the adult beverage business.
Bloomberg
Juul Sued by New York for Targeting Teens in Ads
Nov.19 -- New York state is suing Juul Labs for targeting teenagers in advertisements for e-cigarettes and making misleading statements about nicotine content in vaping products. The lawsuit was announced by New York Attorney...
Bloomberg
The Lawyer Who Beat Big Tobacco Takes on Opioid Epidemic
Oct.05 -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Esmé Deprez gives us a profile of the lawyer who beat big tobacco and is now taking on the opioid epidemic in court. She speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
Bloomberg
How Pot Can Save Big Tobacco's Future
April 28 -- The U.S. tobacco giants are part of a $90 billion-plus ultra-profitable industry that isn't going away, but the reality is cigarettes are losing popularity. At some point growth will become an issue and pot may just be the...
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San Francisco closer to banning e-cigarette sales
San Francisco supervisors have voted unanimously to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes.
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US announces sweeping new rules e- cigarettes
New federal rules announced in the US on Thursday have the potential to upend the multibillion-dollar electronic cigarette industry just as it is attempting to position itself as an alternative to traditional cigarettes. The vaping...
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San Francisco closer to banning e-cigarette sales
San Francisco supervisors have voted unanimously to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes.
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San Francisco closer to banning e-cigarette sales
San Francisco supervisors have voted unanimously to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes.
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E-Cigarette Industry Calls FDA Rules 'Draconian'
The vaping industry says the lengthy federal reviews announced on Thursday would be time-consuming and costly. They warn that the rules could also put many smaller companies out of business. The executive director for the largest trade...
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E-Cigarette Industry Calls FDA Rules 'Draconian'
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus054919The vaping industry says the lengthy federal reviews announced on Thursday would be time-consuming and costly. They warn that the rules could also put many smaller companies out of business....
PBS
Pbs: Inside the Tobacco Deal
PBS Frontline presents "how two small-town Mississippi lawyers declared war on Big Tobacco and skillfully pursued a daring new litigation strategy that ultimately brought the industry to the negotiating table." Well documented, well...