Tobacco products manufacturing

Philip Morris to move headquarters from NY to Connecticut

Jun. 22, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tobacco company Philip Morris will relocate its corporate headquarters from New York City to southwest Connecticut, bringing 200 jobs,...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 01:44 PM EDT
Sun Sentinel. April 30, 2021. Editorial: Florida’s shame: Ten terrible decisions by a broken Legislature The 2021...

Indiana lawmakers discuss 1st cigarette tax hike since 2007

By Tom Davies Feb. 01, 2021 01:08 PM EST
INDIANANPOLIS (AP) — Indiana could increase its cigarette tax for the first time in more than a decade and impose a new state tax on vaping liquids under a...

FILE - This Nov. 15, 1995 file photo shows then Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Administrator David Kessler testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Kessler to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 million shots into the arms of Americans in his administration's first 100 days and stem the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)

Biden taps former FDA chief Kessler to lead vaccine science

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Matthew Perrone Jan. 15, 2021 08:02 AM EST

Ontario Premier Doug Ford looks on as the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Canada is administered to personal support worker Anita Quidangen by registered nurse Hiwot Arfaso at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Latest: Fla. lawyer in tobacco cases dies from COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jan. 12, 2021 01:05 AM EST

FILE - In this May 17, 2018, file photo, are packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco. California state officials have agreed to delay the effective date of what state lawmakers intended as a Jan. 1 ban on flavored tobacco products, after opponents led by tobacco companies said they filed enough signatures to put the new law to a statewide vote. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)

Effective date delayed for California's flavored tobacco ban

By Don Thompson Dec. 27, 2020 11:39 AM EST

Kentucky farm economy holds steady despite pandemic

Dec. 04, 2020 11:14 AM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's agricultural receipts are expected to hold steady to last year's levels despite turmoil caused by the coronavirus, economists...

Small trucks are used to transport people who crossed the Limpopo river, border between Zimbabwe and South Africa, East of the border town of Musina, South Africa, Tuesday June 30, 2020. Illegal trade is one of the few businesses to flourish since South Africa imposed sweeping measures at the end of March to try to combat the new coronavirus. Neither the newly built fence nor South African military patrols appear to be effective at hindering the smuggling trade. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa ends ban on cigarettes, but smuggling may stay

By Mathilde Boussion Aug. 28, 2020 04:07 AM EDT

FILE - This Nov. 25, 2019 photo shows IQOS heated cigarette store sign in Richmond, Va., Altria said Tuesday, July 28, 2020, that cigarette sales continue to decline as it pushes to expand sales of an alternative heated-tobacco product. The tobacco giant's second-quarter profit fell slightly but still beat Wall Street expectations when adjusted for one-time expenses.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Altria expands sales of heated-cigarette as revenue slides

By Matthew Perrone Jul. 28, 2020 10:06 AM EDT

FDA calls for removal of fruity, disposable e-cigarettes

By Matthew Perrone Jul. 20, 2020 01:05 PM EDT

Recent Missouri editorials

Jul. 06, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
Kansas City Star, July 5 We all join Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas in his heartbreak and disgust over the violence that’s so out of...

FILE — In this June 2, 2020 file photo, a demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the tobacco ban outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is three months into a ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products, an unusual tactic employed by a government to protect the health of its citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. The country is one of just a few around the world to have banned tobacco sales during the pandemic and the only one to still have it in place. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht/File)

Virus ban gives tobacco illegal drug status in South Africa

By Gerald Imray Jul. 02, 2020 02:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, beer taps of South African Brewery brands are seen through the window of a closed bar in Cape Town, South Africa. A bootlegging culture has sprung up across South Africa in response to the government's nearly 8-week-old ban on the sale of cigarettes and alcohol. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

South African bans on tobacco, liquor amid virus stir debate

By Andrew Meldrum And Nqobile Ntshangase May. 27, 2020 02:50 AM EDT

In this photo taken Thursday, April 30, 2020, a worker sprays chemicals on a tobacco crop before they are stored in a tobacco barn at a farm outside Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. Troubled Zimbabwe has officially opened the tobacco selling season after a month-long delay amid a coronavirus lockdown. Tobacco is the country's second biggest foreign currency earner after gold, and it brought in about $750 million last year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Troubled Zimbabwe hopes for some relief in tobacco sales

By Farai Mutsaka May. 08, 2020 05:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 file photo, vaping devices are displayed at a store in New York. On Thursday, April 23, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a federal court accepted its request to push back the May 12 deadline to submit vaping product applications to Sept. 9. The agency said the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed preparations to meet the deadline for both companies and FDA staff. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Virus outbreak delays US government review of e-cigarettes

By Matthew Perrone Apr. 23, 2020 02:57 PM EDT