Tobacco auction system is all but snuffed out
By BRUCE SCHREINER Tripp Foy’s sing-song chant rang out like a sentimental oldie for die-hard farmers clinging to the old way of selling tobacco, as a small procession of buyers…
Tobacco products manufacturing
NYC COUNCIL VOTES TO MAKE TOBACCO-BUYING AGE 21
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE PEARSON FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013,…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
CRITICS REVIVE PAST PROMISES TO KNOCK OBAMA BUDGET
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER President Barack Obama, accompanied by acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday April 10, 2013, to discuss…
APNEWSBREAK: EX-SURGEON GENERAL JOINS E-CIG BOARD
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Several different versions of the NJOY electronic cigarettes are shown in Richmond, Va., Friday, March 22, 2013. Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers…
BLOOMBERG CIGARETTE PLAN GETS PRAISE, CRITICISM
y MEGHAN BARR and JENNIFER PELTZ Harry Patel, an employee of Blondie’s Deli and Grocery, talks on the phone while waiting for customers in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013.…