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Feds seize contraband cigarettes in W. Washington
Federal agents say they’ve seized 6,500 cartons of cigarettes and more than $200,000 in a crackdown on illegally imported, untaxed cigarettes mailed to the Seattle area from Vietnam. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Mark Leiser says agents executed 14 search warrants Wednesday and also seized five vehicles. Arrests are expected once the U.S. attorney’s office makes charging … Continue reading
Philip Morris Jacks Up Foreign Cig Prices, Smokes Up To $70
Philip Morris International, the world’s leading international tobacco company outside the U.S. and China, announce its Q2 2011 earnings on the 21st of July. PMI’s product portfolio boast of eight of the world’s top 15 brands, including Marlboro, the number one cigarette brand worldwide. Until a spin-off in 2008, Philip Morris International was an operating company of the Altria Group. … Continue reading
LGUs rapped for naming streets after cigarette brands
A non-government group has taken to task nearly a dozen local government units to task for naming some of their streets after popular cigarette brands, products that “have consistently contributed to over 10 Filipino deaths a day.” The Quezon City-based Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) also threatened to sue the LGUs should they persist in putting up … Continue reading
Cuban Davidoff cigars
Davidoff cigars were very popular all over the world. Aficionado from all the countries and continents note that Davidoff cigars differ from other Cuban cigars. Stainless quality and original pack in combination with correctly marketing policy made these cigars the etalon of Cuban cigars quality. Today Cuban Davidoff became the object of collecting, true experts can consume it only at … Continue reading
Cigarette Ads Do Spur Teens to Light Up, Study Finds
Tobacco advertisements really do prompt teenagers to smoke, say the authors of a new study that calls for a ban on cigarette ads. In research involving more than 2,100 public school students in Germany, 277 young people who had never smoked before took up the habit after viewing tobacco advertising. Those who saw the most ads were 46 percent more … Continue reading
Bond Street Cigarettes
Bond Street is an international (non-US) brand of cigarettes, sold in more than 50 countries of the world, produced by Philip Morris International. History The history of this brand goes back to year 1902. Philip Morris, the founder of the company, had a boutique on Bond Street in London. And 1902 was the year when one of the greatest admirers … Continue reading
Tobacco Companies Aren’t Afraid of Grisly Labels
The top U.S. tobacco companies’ sales aren’t expected to go up in smoke despite new grisly warning labels that are set to appear on cigarettes packs next year. The graphic labels, which were released in June by the Food and Drug Administration and include an image of rotting teeth and gums, will cause a decline of less than one percent … Continue reading
Cosmos Cigarette Brand
Cosmos cigarette brand is produced by one of biggest tobacco company from Eastern Europe, Tutun CTC. It is a join stock company that first was opened in 1924. Today, this cigarette company is famous for its qualitative smoking products that are presented on tobacco markets at very respectful price. And these characteristics make Tutun CTC with day after day to … Continue reading
Philip Morris Flourishes Since Spinoff
Philip Morris International is the world’s leading international tobacco company with eight of the world’s top 15 international brands, including Marlboro, the top cigarette brand in the world. Until a spin-off in March 2008, Philip Morris International was an operating company of the Altria Group. The independent Philip Morris International sells tobacco products in the international markets while Altria maintains … Continue reading
Stories of counterfeit cigarette brands make the rounds again
Questions continue to come into Samoa News about the type and quality of cigarettes being sold on island with some people suggesting certain brands are causing headaches and nausea, while others are claiming the more outrageous— that they are ‘counterfeit’ brands brought in by Asian merchants. In particular, the Benson & Hedges brand of ‘Benson Light’ is pointed to as … Continue reading
