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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) has released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2010 earnings. The press release, "RAI: Key-brands momentum drives strong 2010 results; Company expects mid- to high-single digit EPS growth for 2011", is available on RAI's website, www.ReynoldsAmerican.com. Web Disclosure RAI's website, www.ReynoldsAmerican.com, is the primary source of publicly disclosed news about RAI...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIGX) filed an application yesterday with the U.S. Food & Administration (FDA) for approval to market a moist-snuff product, Stonewall Moist-BDL(TM), as a modified-risk tobacco product (MRTP). The company believes that this is the first application filed with the FDA for approval of a tobacco product in a longstanding market segment. The data submitted in the application to the Center for Tobacco Products at...
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A Rochester NY resident is the winner of the Red Man Moist Snuff Fresh American Experience Sweepstakes. Michael Van Mennen and a guest have won a trip to one of America's freshest frontiers---the Alaskan wilds. The sweepstakes was part of the national launch of the new Red Man Moist Snuff FlavorFresh(TM) Lid. "The brand that pioneered the foil fresh pouch more than 40 years ago continues to drive innovative packaging with a new lid that creates...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) "As required by the bipartisan new law granting it authority over tobacco products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed tobacco companies to disclose for the first time detailed information on any changes they make to tobacco products. We applaud the FDA for diligently...
Certain products introduced or changed in the United States since Feb. 15, 2007 to be reviewed SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that certain tobacco products introduced or changed after Feb. 15, 2007 must be reviewed by the agency. In FDA guidance published today, the agency outlines a pathway for marketing a product whereby the company marketing the product must prove that it is "substantially equivalent" to...
Company Must Meet Strict Standards of Scientific Proof and Benefit to Public Health WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2011 /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) Star Scientific Inc.'s plan to submit a new, moist-snuff product for evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration as a "modified risk" tobacco product shows the vital importance of the new law giving...
Tobacco maker Star Scientific Inc. said today that it has developed a moist smokeless tobacco with lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals than other tobacco products. The company said Tuesday that it plans to so ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to sell the new item as safer than any competing product. Star Scientific hopes that its products will be the first the FDA allows to be marketed as less harmful than other forms of tobacco. The company said that the...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2010 /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) We believe that a federal judge was wrong on the law in striking down New York City's requirement that all businesses selling tobacco products post tobacco health warning signs. New York City acted lawfully to more effectively inform consumers about the health risks of tobacco use, and...
While most people have an idea of some of the dangers of tobacco use "“ lung cancer, problems with pregnancy "“ the threat to your oral health can also be severe, even deadly, according to veteran San Antonio dentist John Moore, DDS. It's the season to draw up New Year's resolutions, and a perennial favorite is to quit smoking. For the 61 million US adults who are smokers "“ one out of every five Americans - it is a life-or-death decision. San Antonio (PRWEB) December 26, 2010...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2010 /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) It is good news for the communities involved that R.J. Reynolds has decided to stop its initial test-marketing of new, dissolvable smokeless tobacco products - called Camel Sticks, Strips and Orbs - that look, taste and are packaged like candy and are likely to entice children....
