Tag Archives: cigarette packages
Cigarette Companies File 2nd Suit Over Warnings
Five tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington late Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of regulations and graphic warning labels under the 2009 law that imposed federal regulation on tobacco. The companies lost a similar complaint last year in the United States District Court in Kentucky when District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., ruled they could be forced … Continue reading
Sale of small cigarette packs banned
From October 1 onwards, the making and import of packs containing less than 20 cigarettes will be banned in Pakistan, reports The News. The ban, issued by Inter-Provincial Coordination Ministry, is meant to discourage smoking among youngsters, who find small cigarette packs cheaper. Tobacco companies must halt production of packs with less than 20 cigarettes, and shopkeepers must take them … Continue reading
Detective Stole Newport Cigarettes
Late last month, a longtime Bronx detective showed up at a home in Fordham Heights around midnight, wearing a New York Police Department jacket and flashing a badge and a piece of paper he said was a search warrant, according to a criminal complaint. Once inside the home, the detective, Kyron Collins, searched widely, forcing a closet open with a … Continue reading
