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What is happening in France has occurred on the other health-conscious side of the Atlantic. The scene of a cigarette dangling from the lips of actress Marlene Dietrich harks back to the days of swinging Hollywood in the 1930s. While there still are many smokers in the US, smoking as a cultural practice has more [...]
Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said raising prices on cigarettes and cigars and cutting costs more than 0 million helped its fourth-quarter profit climb 7 percent, even as it sold fewer cigarettes and cigars than a year earlier.
The Richmond-based owner of Philip Morris USA said, however, that it expects 2010 to be challenging and that [...]
The report is the second in a series about the extent of the global tobacco epidemic and measures to stop it. It includes the latest global and country figures on the prevalence of tobacco use and on the measures’ impacts.
The report’s theme is “smoke-free environments”. WHO chose the theme because of the serious harmful effects [...]
Under the theme “smoke-free environments”, the World Health Organisation has released its second MPOWER Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. Please read on for a summary of this report.
In its 2008 Report, the WHO identified six cost-effective solutions, called MPOWER, which have been proven to reduce tobacco use :
“Monitor tobacco use and assess the impact [...]
-A new American Cancer Society report outlines 21 challenges and needs for global tobacco control, covering the wide range of issues to be addressed and expertise needed to reduce the rising tide of tobacco use worldwide, particularly in the low- and middle-income nations that are the target of the multinational tobacco industry. The report is [...]
as a former law enforcement trainer in Colombia, Risheim had seen his share of personal danger. But since moving his wife and three children to Panama to start work on anti-counterfeiting for Philip Morris International, a top multinational, he thought they would be safe.
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Late one night, a group of them approached [...]
Taxing tobacco has been a long-standing contributor to government revenues. Tobacco excise taxes were first proposed by Alexander Hamilton in 1794 but not effectively implemented until the 1860s. By 1880, tax on tobacco accounted for 31% of total federal tax receipts.1 In addition to revenue generation, tobacco taxation has proved an effective policy measure to [...]
Now, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mike Szymanczyk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altria Group, Inc.
Mike Szymanczyk
Thanks Cliff, and good morning everyone. I think that Altria continued delivering excellent results last year in what was I think everybody would agree is a very challenging environment. Challenges included weak economic conditions, high unemployment, [...]
The globalization of tobacco began more than 500 years ago, but the public health response to the death, disease, and economic disruption that it has caused is fewer than 50 years old. In this report, the authors briefly trace the history of tobacco use and commerce as it moved from the Americas in the late [...]
A member of a World Health Organization (WHO) panel of experts that is pondering new global taxes on e-mails, alcohol, tobacco, airline travel and consumer bank transactions, has charged that she was given only selective information at group meetings, that deliberations were rushed and that group was “manipulated” by the international pharmaceuticals industry.
All of her [...]
A nonsmoker is forced to find food, but for a smoker breakfast can be a cigarette and a cup of bad coffee.
— Brock Fiant
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