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The pop culture fashion trendsetter from Kardashian reality shows sits down for exclusive interview ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigar & Spirits Magazine is a publication licensed to Innovative Product Opportunities, Inc. (OTC.BB: IPRU). Available nationwide through Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Cigar & Spirits Magazine has announced that reality TV star and the sometimes controversial Scott Disick will grace the upcoming cover. Sitting down for an...

Report Indicates LOGIC Premium E-Cigarettes as Nationwide Category Leader LIVINGSTON, N.J., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LOGIC Technology, makers of premium electronic cigarettes, today announced the results of Nielsen's Brand Rank Report, indicating LOGIC outperformed all e-cigarette brands in Q1 2013 for sales per point of distribution. As more major tobacco companies continue to enter the e-cigarette space, this report shows that LOGIC outsells its competition and remains the...

The Tobacco Product Manufacturing industry is under fire with smoking rates in the UK having fallen from over 50% in the 1960s to 20% in 2011 as people became aware of the link between smoking and diseases such as cancer and the subsequent increase in government regulations on smoking. The industry is expected to continue to decline over the next five years through 2018-19 as older smokers die off or kick the habit whilst less young people take up smoking to replace them. London, United...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Undeterred by his latest loss on a city-wide soda ban, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is forging ahead with his newest health initiative – raising the smoking age from 18 to 21. Bloomberg issued this proposal yesterday as a part of his decade-long campaign against tobacco, which included higher taxes on cigarettes and banning smoking in city parks. Most recently, he proposed a law which would require all vendors who sell cigarettes to...

Tobacco Money in Politics report exposes industry's political contributions for 2011-2012 legislative cycle. SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tobacco interests spent a total of $51.1 million during the 2011-2012 election cycle to fight Proposition 29 and to influence legislators and policies in California, according to a recent report by the American Lung Association in California Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing. "The numbers in this...

Raising tobacco prices is one of the most effective means of reducing tobacco use, particularly among price-sensitive smokers such as young people and people with low incomes. But when the UK government has been raising cigarette taxes to increase prices and deter smoking, tobacco companies have been absorbing the tax increases on their ultra-low-price (ULP) brands to keep their prices low. As a result, real ULP cigarette prices have remained virtually unchanged since 2006 and their market...

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) President Obama's budget to be released Wednesday is expected to include an increase in the federal tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to pay for early childhood education initiatives. This proposal will both raise revenue and save lives by reducing tobacco use. We...

LEEDS, England, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For many people, smoking is an enjoyable personal & social past time. Although aware of the risks, cigarette smokers endanger their own health and possibly the health of others by continuing to smoke, inhaling 4000 toxic chemicals and poisoning the air around them. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/607539 ) INCIG electronic cigarettes [http://www.incig.co.uk ] provide an alternative to smoking...

Up to 2009 there is no statistically significant evidence of any reduction in smoking amongst men – and very little evidence of a reduction in smoking amongst women – resulting from the introduction of EU minimum tax legislation in Spain in 2006. This is despite the price of cigarettes rising up to three times faster than before the legislation came into effect, according to a new study published online in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The World Health Organization's...

FDA Should Extend Ban on Flavors to Other Products to Protect Young People WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2009, the U.S. Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act banned the sale of flavored cigarettes, except for menthol, largely because of their wide appeal to young people. A new study from Legacy researchers published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, reveals the effects of the tobacco industry's continued efforts to sell other...