http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NHL-5/Tobacco/Headlines.aspx2009 nacsconnect365en-ushttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/Skins/nacsconnect365/365/logo.pnghttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/Default.aspxNews - TobaccoTue, 06 Jan 2009 20:47:53 GMT60http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50165357/More-States-Adopt-Safe-Cigarettes.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedMon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50165357/More-States-Adopt-Safe-Cigarettes.aspxThe number of states passing their own laws mandating self-extinguishing cigarettes will rise to 32 this year despite industry opposition, officials say.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163788/L-A-Company-Agrees-to-Stop-Processing-Online-Tobacco-Sales.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedWed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163788/L-A-Company-Agrees-to-Stop-Processing-Online-Tobacco-Sales.aspxAn electronic payments processor has agreed to stop handling transactions for the illegal online sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163789/U-S-Sues-Tobacco-Wholesale-Company.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedWed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163789/U-S-Sues-Tobacco-Wholesale-Company.aspxFederal attorneys have filed suit against a tobacco wholesale company owned by Arthur "Sugar" Montour, a former Seneca tribal councillor, for failing to pay $18.4 million in federal tobacco settlement assessments.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163297/John-Middleton-Sues-to-Overturn-Single-Sale-Ban.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163297/John-Middleton-Sues-to-Overturn-Single-Sale-Ban.aspxJohn Middleton Co. joined other cigar companies in asking a Maryland circuit court to overturn a recently enacted Prince George's law that bans the sale of single cigars. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163298/Tax-Free-Cigarettes-Fuel-Illegal-Trade.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163298/Tax-Free-Cigarettes-Fuel-Illegal-Trade.aspxThe sale of tax-free cigarettes to Indian reservations in New York has played a major role in the millions of dollars made in the cigarette bootlegging trade.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163299/Tax-Free-Tobacco-Bonanza-Indian-Merchants-Reaping-Big-Profits.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50163299/Tax-Free-Tobacco-Bonanza-Indian-Merchants-Reaping-Big-Profits.aspxThe millions of dollars in profits show the high stakes involved in the state's attempts at levying taxes on Indian cigarette sales to non-natives. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160922/Philip-Morris-Research-Bumps-Up-Against-Ingrained-Habits.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160922/Philip-Morris-Research-Bumps-Up-Against-Ingrained-Habits.aspxPhilip Morris wants smokers to try new things - but they're a tough group to convince. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160200/Cigarette-Taxes-in-Tobacco-Producing-States.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160200/Cigarette-Taxes-in-Tobacco-Producing-States.aspxA look at current cigarette taxes and recent efforts to increase them in the major tobacco-producing states, starting with the nation's top producer.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160201/Philip-Morris-Perfects-and-Develops-New-Products.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160201/Philip-Morris-Perfects-and-Develops-New-Products.aspxAt Philip Morris USA's downtown Center for Research and Technology that opened last year, researchers are seeking a future for the tobacco industry.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160202/States-May-Boost-Tobacco-Taxes.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50160202/States-May-Boost-Tobacco-Taxes.aspxTwo of the nation's top tobacco-producing states are weighing whether to raise cigarette taxes to plug budget deficits that have sent politicians scavenging for sources of revenue. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50159155/Altria-Sets-5-Cent-Price-Rise-on-Marlboros-More.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedFri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50159155/Altria-Sets-5-Cent-Price-Rise-on-Marlboros-More.aspxAltria Group Inc., the largest U.S. tobacco company, will raise prices 5 cents a pack on Marlboro and other brands.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50156973/US-Court-Allows-Lawsuits-Over-Light-Cigarettes.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50156973/US-Court-Allows-Lawsuits-Over-Light-Cigarettes.aspxThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a surprising defeat to tobacco companies counting on it to put an end to lawsuits alleging deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50157007/Paterson-Signs-Law-to-Collect-Taxes-on-Indian-Cigarettes.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50157007/Paterson-Signs-Law-to-Collect-Taxes-on-Indian-Cigarettes.aspxGov. David A. Paterson this morning signed into law a new effort to begin collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian retailers to non-Indians, a move certain to spark controversy and push-back from the booming tobacco trade on Seneca Nation reservations. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50155170/Boston-Commission-Votes-to-Ban-Cigar-Hookah-Bars.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedFri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50155170/Boston-Commission-Votes-to-Ban-Cigar-Hookah-Bars.aspxBoston officials approved some of the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the United States on Thursday, extinguishing cigar bars and hookah bars and ending the sales of tobacco in pharmacies and on college campuses.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152875/Health-Commission-to-Vote-Thursday-on-New-Tobacco-Rules.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152875/Health-Commission-to-Vote-Thursday-on-New-Tobacco-Rules.aspxBoston public health officials are preparing to vote this week on an anti-puffing plan that would ban tobacco sales on college campuses and sales of tobacco in drug stores.http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152876/UK-to-Ban-Point-of-Sale-Tobacco-Displays.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedTue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152876/UK-to-Ban-Point-of-Sale-Tobacco-Displays.aspxBritish Health Secretary Alan Johnson says the government wants to ban point-of-sale displays of tobacco, in an effort to discourage youngsters from taking up smoking. http://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152087/Philip-Morris-Appeals-Tobacco-Ban-at-Pharmacies.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&utm_medium=rssfeed&utm_campaign=rssfeedMon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://nacsconnect365.bdmetrics.com/NST-5-50152087/Philip-Morris-Appeals-Tobacco-Ban-at-Pharmacies.aspxPhilip Morris USA is appealing a federal judge's decision to uphold a new San Francisco law banning tobacco sales by pharmacies.