GEORGE Sponsorships for smokeless tobacco products are a common sight at rodeos around the nation, but organizers of the St. Smokeless Tobacco co. reached an agreement with 45 state attorneys general, including Utah, to adopt marketing and advertising restrictions and contribute to a national educational fund. This year the rodeo is sponsoring a "tough enough to wear pink night" to help raise donations for local breast cancer awareness programs at Dixie Regional Medical Center. Rodeo...

Manufacturers of one of the c-store channel's biggest sellers have injected flavors into smokeless tobacco, cigars and even some cigarettes. In the past two years, tobacco companies introduced a number of new products and flavors, but smokeless and cigars have seen the greatest response. But while c-store retailers continue to suffer from cigarette tax hikes and Internet sales, flavored tobacco is offering a bright spot in the category. Retailers have a broad selection of flavors to choose...

Boone Local News Boone Police announce two new programs By: MARY CATLETT, Boone News-Republican 09/04/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly The Boone Police Department is taking steps to keep tobacco and alcohol out of the hands of Boone youth with two new separate programs. Boone Local News Boone Police announce two new programs By: MARY CATLETT, Boone News-Republican 09/04/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly The Boone Police Department is taking steps to...

Since the historic tobacco settlement in the late 1990's cigarette use was on the decline, however cigar smoking continued to rise. With the details of the CHIP expansion still awaiting final congressional approval, Kallevig's still holding his breath, wondering how his business will survive. She supports the plan to expand CHIP, and says the national tobacco companies should bear the brunt of the cost, because their marketing efforts target kids. Baucus is committed to getting CHIP done...

BEIRUT, 17 August (IPS) - With an estimated one million unexploded land ordnances meaning lack of access to their lands, many farmers in southern Lebanon see cluster bombs as an Israeli "occupation. Last summer, Israel pounded Lebanon with over four million cluster bombs and artillery shells that destroyed villages, displaced thousands and wrecked more than 70 percent of the southern economy. Following international outrage over Israel's use of cluster bombs during its military campaign,...

LOUISVILLE -- The days of passively waiting to see patients suffering from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other ailments are over for some frontline health-care providers. In far western Kentucky, local health department nurses and health educators go to schools, senior centers and community events to preach the virtues of healthy lifestyles. Fletcher recently rolled out a health plan that called for assisting more small businesses in paying health insurance premiums under an...