An operation to test local businesses' compliance with state and municipal laws on selling tobacco products showed that more than half of the merchants investigated were in violation of the law, selling cigarettes to minors, authorities said Friday. The boy's identification was genuine, indicating his actual age, according to the sheriff's department. Those penalties range from a 30-day to one-year suspension of a merchant's tobacco sales permit, depending on how many times the store is...

Humidor is independently owned and has more than 400 types of cigars, specializing in hand-rolled cigars, international cigarettes and traditional tobacco products, Bill Stephens said. The shop is named after the traditional device used to keep tobacco moist and preserve the flavor of cigars. A growing number of women are puffing on cigars, the owners said. Customers also can purchase a humidor to preserve their cigars at home. She said she learned about the cigar store from one of the...

The second Conference of Parties (COP-II) meeting about the World Health Organization s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control the first global public health and corporate accountability treaty, which Yemen ratified on February 22 will begin at the end of this month in Thailand. The second Conference of Parties (COP-II) meeting about the World Health Organization s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control the first global public health and corporate accountability treaty, which Yemen...

Except for a very vocal minority of tobacco experts, most tobacco researchers would not recommend this. Fearing the health risks of smoking, some switch to smokeless tobacco. But they could still be putting their health at risk. Such an approach seems appealing: By reducing a smoker's dependence on cigarettes, switching to smokeless tobacco (particularly snus) potentially reduces the risk for a whole host of smoking-related illnesses. But residual tobacco-related health risks remain when a...

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Davao agri-products to be stamped child-labor free Published : 2007-06-25 Agri-products of Davao Region will soon be bearing marks certifying no sweat of a child has been involved in producing them. Major growers and buyers of mango, pomelo, durian, sugarcane and banana met in a Forum on Child Labor in Agriculture for Agro-Producers/ Consumers during which they entered into a commitment to refrain from involving children in the production and packaging of agri-products. Major growers and...

Shigeru Omi, director of the WHO's Western Pacific regional office, says everyone knows that smoking kills, but what is less well known is that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing smoke from other people's cigarettes, and the simple solution is 100 per cent smoke-free environments. The WHO says the tobacco industry has repeatedly 'misled and misinformed' the public about the health risks and dangers of second-hand tobacco...

On one invoice displayed by the auditors, she she bought cigarettes and chewing tobacco using the county credit card. Another showed Bryant bought candy, corn chips, soda and other grocery items with the card. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Ouachita (WASH'-uh-taw) County authorities have arrested a county employee accused by auditors of buying more than $150,000 worth of cigarettes, jewelry and other personal items using a...

Bratto said that for the next several months he did research on cigar shops, cigars and anything else related to the topic. Inside the 1,500-square-foot facility, Bratto sells over 200 different cigar brands, as well as cigar accessories and pipe tobacco. Bratto added that he hopes to sell more than 400 different cigars by the end of the year. Bratto, who lives in Clinton Township, decided that he wanted to open a cigar club where locals could purchase their favorite brand or just relax...