Latest Press Release on tobacco

Training for Change's Ground-Breaking DVD Tutorial for Tobacco Intervention Practices Now Available
NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Training for Change, Inc., a consultation and training group, in collaboration with Clubhouse of Suffolk, unveil "Tobacco Intervention Practices (TIP's)," a new DVD tutorial regarding their ground-breaking tobacco cessation program for be...

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Tobacco Retailers Challenge News Reports on Roll-Your-Own, Pipe Tobaccos
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association came out swinging today by challenging news reports regarding the labeling switch of some roll-your-own tobacco brands to pipe tobacco by their manufacturers and claims that pipe tobaccos, which have been flavored for more than ...

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Massachusetts''Model' Tobacco Cessation Benefit Spurs Unprecedented Drop in Smoking Rates, Heart Attacks, Asthma, and Birth Complications
BOSTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A "model" tobacco cessation benefit offered to Massachusetts' Medicaid participants has produced an astounding 26% drop in smoking rates in only two and a half years, and has already been linked to decreases in heart attacks,...

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Massachusetts' Success in Helping Medicaid Recipients Quit Smoking Shows Why Congress Should Require Cessation Coverage in Health Reform
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO

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Campaign Deplores Gov. Paterson's Penny Wise/Pound Foolish Decision to Cut Funding for New York State's Nationally Acclaimed Tobacco Prevention Program
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) ...

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Pennsylvania Department of Health Offers Resources to Help Smokers Quit During 'Great American Smokeout'
Quit Resources, Tips Available at DeterminedtoQuit.com HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health is offering support to help Pennsylvania smokers give up tobacco for good during the 34th annual Great American Smokeout on Nov. 19. ...

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Ecigazon, Reforming Obama's Health with Holiday Gift
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecigazon.com, an Electronic Cigarette company and advocate for Electronic Cigarettes as an alternative to tobacco smoking, has sent its own Health Reform to the White House: an Electronic Cigarette as a gift to President Obama for the holidays. ...

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Fitch: Robust Cash Flow Continues to Benefit U.S. Tobacco Industry in 2010
CHICAGO - Fitch Ratings expects U.S. tobacco corporate ratings to remain stable in 2010 as the companies continue to generate sizeable free cash flow as a result of high operating margins. The ratings are further supported by the companies' significant liquidity positions with respect to

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Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee for Passage of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009
Urges immediate passage by the full Senate WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco today applauded the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for its passage of S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of...

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