Story Highlights Expert panel calls for higher cigarette taxes, ban on Internet sales Tobacco products should be regulated by FDA, group says FDA should force gradual reduction in nicotine levels, panel suggests If cigarettes were introduced for first time now, expert says, they'd be banned Adjust font size: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U. Story Highlights Expert panel calls for higher cigarette taxes, ban on Internet sales Tobacco products should be regulated by FDA, group says FDA should...

If they had agreed, of course, it wouldn't really be a carbon tax, just another tax on oil companies. How pathetic, particularly since there's absolutely no reason for a carbon tax to represent a tax increase, even if it does make some things more costly. Bechard's folly will sound good to some who are fed up with high gas prices, but it's the equivalent of jacking up cigarette taxes to discourage smoking, then demanding that tobacco companies keep cigarettes as cheap as ever. It is...

Topeka Worried that Kansas could lose federal anti-tobacco dollars for the second time in five years, two state agencies have launched a new effort to keep stores from selling cigarettes and other products to minors. Driving the initiative is a fear that Kansas will be forced to divert state funds to anti-tobacco programs for failing to comply with federal standards on preventing minors from buying tobacco products. A federal law requires that in random checks, at least 80 percent of a...

Over half of the state's soybean crop has emerged, and the crop is rated in mostly fair-to-good condition. Also, planting of crops, including tobacco transplanting, has been slowed or halted because of the lack of soil moisture. USDA Tennessee Field Office spokespersons say crops and pastures have been stressed from the moderate to extreme drought conditions across the state. The Leaf Chronicle - www.theleafchronicle.com - Clarksville, TN Welcome toThe Leaf ChronicleClarksville, TN....

Tobacco industry using movies to recruit young smokers: Experts 30/05/2007 - 11:47:28 The tobacco industry is using cigarette advertising in shops and PG-rated Hollywood films to deliberately target children, a leading expert claimed today. Professor Ken Warner warned that point of sale advertising in shops is one method to lure teens to buy tobacco. He said one third of teenagers who saw more than 150 scenes of smoking in films in cinemas, on video or on television, had tried smoking....

Making the announcement first to its 2,500 plus employees, company officials announced the entire 155 acre campus will be tobacco free effective April 1, 2008. Denso Manufacturing Tennessee has announced it will expand its tobacco-free status from its buildings to include parking lots, driveways and eventually even private vehicles. Home News Weather Sports Overtime Chef Walter Program Schedule Contests & Promotions. But along with the announcement came a pledge of support, cost-free help...