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Tobacco
FDA rules spell changes for vaping and hookah lounges
by
Annie Baxter
May 6, 2016
New FDA rules put restrictions on tobacco products, which will affect venues catering to their use.
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How the new e-cigarette regulations will impact small businesses
by
Nova Safo
and Levi Sharpe
May 5, 2016
Small shops and vape-makers worry the regulation will put them out of business.
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Big tobacco says your e-cigarette may kill you
Mar 24, 2015
What’s driving this public health message?
Despite headwinds, tobacco industry is still thriving
Mar 13, 2015
A new report suggests the legal age to buy cigarettes should jump from 18 to 21.
How bankers muscled ratings agencies on tobacco bonds
by
Stan Alcorn
Dec 23, 2014
Banks pushed firms to give better ratings to companies that are now close to default.
China's smoking ban distracts from a larger issue
by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 25, 2014
A Stanford anthropologist calls the ban a "sideshow" and points out that the country is a "superpower" of cigarette production.
How tobacco farms are going organic
Nov 5, 2014
The federal program designed to help tobacco farmers transition from the depression-era quota system to the free market has officially ended.
For public good, not for profit.
The discount that links big tobacco to the military
Oct 1, 2014
Legislation wants the big business of selling tobacco to military members to stop.
Wall Street tobacco deals left states in billions of debt
Aug 7, 2014
Politicians wanted upfront cash from a victory over Big Tobacco, and bankers obliged.
Turning a new leaf can prove elusive in tobacco-built South
Jul 22, 2014
Mullins, South Carolina is a small town with a big past and a long memory.