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He was 100 years old.\r\n\r\nBorn in New York City on January 27, 1923, into a family of prominent tobacco merchants, he attended the Little Red School House, the city's first progressive school, which he did not enjoy and later Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, which he did.\r\n\r\n\r\nBetween WWII and Korea, he both joined the family cigarette business, Benson & Hedges, and married Nan Alva Ogburn of Smithfield, North Carolina who he met while in town buying tobacco. During the Korean War, he was recalled to active service and served on the staff of US Naval Forces in Germany as aide to Admiral Holden.\r\n\r\nAfter the war, he returned to Benson & Hedges which was acquired by Philip Morris in 1954, at which time he was appointed Director of Market Research. 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He called the gambit Operation Berkshire. . . . \r\n\r\n\r\nRepresentatives from seven tobacco companies met the following June at an Imperial mansion called Shockerwick House, where they agreed to work together on issues such as the \u201cbenefits of smoking\u201d and to create an organization that became known as the International Tobacco Information Center, or Infotab.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/hugh-cullman-dies-philip-morris-executive-tobacco-b16ea724", "tagIds": [ 103, 126, 121, 181, 2 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 1005, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 2 ], "2": [ 103, 126, 121, 181 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Raised in a storied tobacco family, Cullman spent years selling Marlboros to the world", "postedDate": "2023-12-08T22:39:33+00:00" }, "528530": { "id": 528530, "headlineText": "Tobacco giant sees sunset for US cigarette business", "sourceDate": "2023-12-08T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The maker of Lucky Strike and Pall Mall 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There is absolutely no reason to further delay a policy that has been studied for more than 12 years, is supported by overwhelming scientific evidence, and will save hundreds of thousands of lives. We urge the Administration to keep its promise and issue a final rule by the end of this year.\r\n\r\nIt is especially disturbing that this delay comes just two weeks after the tobacco industry and its army of lobbyists met with top officials at the White House. 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Kevin Stitt who is asking the court to rule if the state\u2019s legislature had the authority to override his vetoes and extend tribal compacts.\r\n\r\nStitt argues the Oklahoma Constitution and statute gives him the sole authority to negotiate, enter, or extend compacts and named Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, in the suit.\r\n\r\nBoth the Oklahoma House and Senate voted to override HB 1005X and SB 26X in July. HB 1005X dealt with motor vehicle compacts between Oklahoma and tribal nations with SB 26X dealing with tobacco compacts.\r\n\r\nStitt vetoed both bills in May, claiming the bills were not in the state\u2019s best interest and violated state law, and said the bills amount \u201cto a circumvention of the executive\u2019s authority to negotiate compacts.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.mcalesternews.com\/news\/argument-scheduled-in-tribal-compact-lawsuit\/article_39fbe686-938e-11ee-8428-4f730d0ab9b9.html", "tagIds": [ 104, 193, 798, 103, 112, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 11823, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 193, 103, 112, 177 ], "4": [ 603, 510, 496, 547, 654, 582, 513, 515, 499, 560, 618, 610, 522, 535, 503, 494, 706, 491, 537, 493, 653, 555 ], "5": [ 798 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:27:52+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528512": { "id": 528512, "headlineText": "SF lawsuit accuses online vape sellers of illegal sales", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "San Francisco\u2019s city attorney has filed a lawsuit against three online retailers for illegally selling flavored vape and tobacco products in The City.\r\n\r\nCity Attorney David Chiu said at a Tuesday press conference that the lawsuit accuses Gashiro Technology LLC, DaSmokey LLC and Millennial One Inc., of \u201cflouting\u201d California laws by selling flavored tobacco products and flavored e-cigarette vape products online to consumers.\r\n\r\nGov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 signed into law a widely favored ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/the-city\/sf-lawsuit-accuses-online-vape-sellers-of-illegal-sales\/article_df06fab4-93a0-11ee-8172-ff6e116a155d.html", "tagIds": [ 766, 103, 112, 221, 192, 104, 222 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 25991, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 112, 221, 192, 104, 222 ], "4": [ 603, 510, 496, 547, 654, 582, 513, 515, 499, 560, 618, 610, 522, 535, 503, 494, 706, 491, 493, 653, 555 ], "5": [ 766 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:25:35+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528511": { "id": 528511, "headlineText": "White House Delays a Decision on Banning Menthol Cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Biden administration delayed a decision on Wednesday about whether it would ban menthol cigarettes amid intense lobbying from tobacco companies, convenience stores and industry-backed groups that contend that billions of dollars in sales and jobs will be lost.\r\n\r\nThe proposal has also generated concerns that Black smokers will become the targets of aggressive police tactics, although some Black leaders, top lawmakers and government officials dispute that and say that tobacco companies are financing and fueling those fears.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/06\/health\/biden-menthol-cigarette-ban-black-voters.html", "tagIds": [ 177, 223, 107, 184, 830 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 1004, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 177, 223, 107, 184, 830 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The plan to eliminate menthol cigarettes has been years in the making.", "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:24:03+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528510": { "id": 528510, "headlineText": "Philip Morris International Inc. Presents at 2023 Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "\u201cToday, we are reaffirming our full-year EPS forecast - with excellent expected 2023 organic top-line growth and double-digit currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS growth. This is underpinned by the continued strength of our smoke-free portfolio led by our two blockbuster premium brands: IQOS and ZYN\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20231205103653\/en\/", "tagIds": [ 2, 103, 101 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 1591, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 2 ], "2": [ 103, 101 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:21:00+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528509": { "id": 528509, "headlineText": "GRIER: Repeal Day lessons for tobacco prohibitionists", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "On this date in 1933, Americans ratified the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution, officially repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that had ushered in Prohibition of alcohol just 14 years prior. Many of us will toast the occasion the same way Americans did in 1933: with a good drink. If you're so inclined, you may also want to light up a smoke while you still can. Ninety years after the end of one era of Prohibition, we are gradually creeping into a new one forbidding the sale of tobacco and\/or nicotine. And just as in that previous era, these laws are encouraging illicit markets, forcing consumers to buy more dangerous products, and leading to the arrest and prosecution of sellers.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/reason.com\/2023\/12\/05\/repeal-day-lessons-for-tobacco-prohibitionists\/", "tagIds": [ 178, 126, 214, 830 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 178, 126, 214, 830 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Today\u2019s nicotine prohibitionists may do well to take a few moments to contemplate their anti-alcohol predecessors.", "mediaId": 9056, "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:19:27+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528507": { "id": 528507, "headlineText": "KUHNEN: Better e-cig policies needed", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "But emerging trends in youth tobacco use \u2014 including e-cigarette use \u2014 require continued efforts to update existing laws, increase funding for prevention and cessation programs, and adopt evidence-based strategies to protect young people.\r\n\r\nMany of the most effective health policies to reduce teen smoking, like the excise tax on cigarettes or bans on flavored cigarettes, have not been expanded to e-cigarettes in Michigan. Companies benefit from that lack of regulation, specifically appealing to young people by offering e-cigarettes in candy and fruit flavors with colorful packaging.\r\n\r\nAs a result, teens are eight times more likely to report using e-cigarettes", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.thealpenanews.com\/opinion\/editorials-and-columns\/2023\/12\/better-e-cig-policies-needed\/", "tagIds": [ 221, 784, 103, 178, 830, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 665, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 178, 830, 108 ], "5": [ 784 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:15:48+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528506": { "id": 528506, "headlineText": "BAT Takes $31.5 Billion Charge on U.S. Cigarette Brands", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "British American Tobacco BTI is booking a $31.5 billion charge to slash the value of its U.S. cigarette business, one of the biggest corporate write-offs in recent history.\r\n\r\nThe accounting charge, largely stemming from its 2017 takeover of the U.S. maker of Newports and Camels, falls short of the value erased by the failed merger of AOL and Time Warner.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/earnings\/british-american-tobacco-sees-gbp25-bln-impairment-but-backs-guidance-28d3d7cf?mod=WTRN_pos2&cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_164&cx_artPos=1", "tagIds": [ 103, 222, 7, 3 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 1005, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 7, 3 ], "2": [ 103, 222 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Maker of Camel, Newport and Pall Mall brands says U.S. sales hit by smokers switching to cheaper products", "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:13:20+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528505": { "id": 528505, "headlineText": "Big Tobacco Rethinks Its Smoking Addiction ($$)", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Maybe an unpleasant shock is what\u2019s needed to get serious about quitting cigarettes. British American Tobacco BTI 1.80%increase; green up pointing triangle has been caught off guard by how fast U.S. smokers are abandoning tobacco and now faces a rising bill to go smoke-free. \r\n\r\nShares in BAT, the maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes, fell 9% on Wednesday to a 12-year low after it announced a \u00a325 billion noncash impairment for some of its U.S. tobacco brands, equivalent to $31.5 billion at current exchange rates.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/retail\/big-tobacco-rethinks-its-smoking-addiction-ae2c458c", "tagIds": [ 103, 222 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 1005, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 222 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "British American Tobacco has taken a $31.5 billion impairment on its cigarette brands, but switching to healthier products isn\u2019t straightforward", "postedDate": "2023-12-08T02:11:36+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528504": { "id": 528504, "headlineText": "Anwar Government\u2019s First Year: Dismal Tobacco, Vape Control", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Reviewing one year of the Anwar administration, pharmacists say tobacco and vape control has been \u201cdismal at best\u201d and that Malaysia has been left with a \u201close-lose situation\u201d after GEG was dropped. The anti-smoking bill is deemed \u201cnot fit for purpose\u201d.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/codeblue.galencentre.org\/2023\/12\/06\/anwar-governments-first-year-dismal-tobacco-vape-control\/", "tagIds": [ 257, 221, 116, 202, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26992, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 116, 202, 177 ], "3": [ 257 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:45:48+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528503": { "id": 528503, "headlineText": "$137,000 in stolen tobacco products recovered in Oakland, arrest made", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "An Oakland man was arrested in connection to the theft of more than $137,000 in stolen and unregulated tobacco products, California Highway Patrol announced Monday.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_QOrEVdTEQ", "tagIds": [ 112, 766 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 16764, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 112 ], "5": [ 766 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:44:41+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528502": { "id": 528502, "headlineText": "5th Circ. Unsure Of Free Speech Claims In Tobacco Case ($$)", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A Fifth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of an argument by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. that cigarette companies' freedom of speech is being violated by government mandated text warnings and supposedly graphic images on packs of cigarettes to advertise the health risks of smoking.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law360.com\/texas\/articles\/1773353\/5th-circ-unsure-of-free-speech-claims-in-tobacco-case-", "tagIds": [ 104, 103, 222, 158, 138, 7 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 18198, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 103, 222, 158, 138 ], "1": [ 7 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:43:38+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528501": { "id": 528501, "headlineText": "Expectant mothers eligible for resources to quit smoking", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Mothers that are expecting are eligible to receive resources to change and improve their health.\r\n\r\nMiami County Public Health partnered with the Ohio Department of Health for an initiative called \u2018Baby and Me Tobacco Free.\u2019 The program is aimed at helping expectant mothers to stop smoking.\r\n\r\nWomen will have access to a plethora of resources, like counseling, education and support programs to help the mother stop and keep away from smoking products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wdtn.com\/news\/health-news\/expectant-mothers-eligible-for-resources-to-quit-smoking\/", "tagIds": [ 114, 797, 124, 161, 185 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 14896, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 114, 124, 161, 185 ], "5": [ 797 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:41:50+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528500": { "id": 528500, "headlineText": "Vaping: lighting up, stubbing out", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Two decades after they first appeared, e-cigarettes have been widely credited with helping people quit smoking.\r\n\r\nBut concerns are growing over the risk of teens becoming hooked on nicotine through candy-coloured disposable vapes, with flavours such as chocolate and bubblegum.\r\n\r\nAFP looks back at the highs and lows of the vaping vogue:", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.ktbs.com\/news\/national\/vaping-lighting-up-stubbing-out\/article_d23f10a8-1791-5852-a69e-953c03357845.html", "tagIds": [ 221, 780, 103, 126, 223 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 8946, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 126, 223 ], "5": [ 780 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:40:49+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528499": { "id": 528499, "headlineText": "New Zealand Splits Opinion by Scrapping Smoking Ban", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "New Zealand\u2019s new coalition government plans to abandon the country\u2019s world-first policy of an incremental smoking ban, in order to fund tax cuts. Just as the original policy divided expert opinion, so has news of its repeal.\r\n\r\nIn 2022, under the center-left Labour Party government then led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand passed legislation to ban cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008, which would ultimately have made all sales illegal.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/filtermag.org\/new-zealand-scrap-smoking-ban\/", "tagIds": [ 244, 178, 117, 107, 177 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 24971, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 178, 117, 107, 177 ], "3": [ 244 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:39:01+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528498": { "id": 528498, "headlineText": "Vape Companies Are Selling Illegal Flavored Products to San Franciscans, Says Lawsuit", "sourceDate": "2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "With flavors like watermelon lemonade, rainbow candy and pi\u00f1a colada, vape sellers have hooked a new generation on nicotine products that can harm brain development and raise the risks of disease. \r\n\r\nThat\u2019s according to a growing body of scientific research and a new lawsuit filed by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu\u2019s office that accuses three online sellers, The Finest E-Liquid, the Vape Society and DaSmokey, of illegally selling the flavored vape products in the city.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/12\/05\/san-francisco-flavored-tobacco-ban-vaping-lawsuit-online-sellers\/", "tagIds": [ 766, 221, 223, 103, 222, 192, 112, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27628, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 223, 103, 222, 192, 112, 108 ], "5": [ 766 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:38:03+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528497": { "id": 528497, "headlineText": "City attorney goes after online sellers of flavored vapes to S.F. residents", "sourceDate": "2023-12-07T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The S.F. City Attorney\u2019s Office has sued three California e-cigarette retailers for allegedly selling flavored vapes online to consumers in San Francisco in violation of a local law. Health officials worry that fruity formulas are addicting a new generation of users to nicotine.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/health\/article\/city-attorney-sues-online-e-cigarette-retailers-18535097.php", "tagIds": [ 766, 221, 103, 222, 192, 223, 112 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26009, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 222, 192, 223, 112 ], "5": [ 766 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "It is the first lawsuit the city is bringing against online e-cigarette retailers, said a spokeswoman for City Attorney David Chiu. The city has taken previous actions against brick-and-mortar stores.", "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:36:55+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528496": { "id": 528496, "headlineText": "CULLIP: The Hypocrisy of FDA Commissioner Califf\u2019s Stance on Vaping", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "In May, Dr. Califf doubled down on this, declaring: \u201cThe distortions and half-truths of misinformation and disinformation pose enormous dangers to the effectiveness of science and to public health itself, through the negative impact it has on individual behavior.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve made combating misinformation one of my priorities,\u201d he promised.\r\n\r\nA statement doesn\u2019t have to be an outright lie to be a costly distortion.\r\n\r\nYet on November 2, he tweeted, \u201cUse of tobacco products in any form\u2014including e-cigarettes\u2014is unsafe, especially among youth.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/filtermag.org\/fda-califf-vaping-hypocrisy\/", "tagIds": [ 5, 221, 178, 107, 196, 830, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 24971, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 221, 178, 107, 196, 830, 177 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:32:58+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528495": { "id": 528495, "headlineText": "FARLEY: Big Weed needs to be reined in just like Big Tobacco was", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "I have served as health commissioner for both New York City and Philadelphia, and at one time I had hopes of moving to a public health approach to illegal drugs. But instead, to my horror, the legalization freight train rolling across the nation is replacing law enforcement with corporate marketing reminiscent of the tactics of Big Tobacco in the 20th century. It\u2019s time for us to respond to marijuana now as we belatedly responded to tobacco.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/12\/04\/marijuana-regulation-big-weed-tobacco-addiction-potency\/", "tagIds": [ 832, 99, 126, 178, 830, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 23140, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 832, 99, 126, 178, 830, 177 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:31:33+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528494": { "id": 528494, "headlineText": "France's parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The French parliament is considering a ban on single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes that are popular with teenagers for their sweet flavors and are under scrutiny as a new source of trash.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/vaping-france-government-france-new-york-francesca-pasquini-7a805100062c43e09a5dc0168754c2d8", "tagIds": [ 275, 221, 182, 159, 202, 99, 177 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 182, 159, 202, 99, 177 ], "3": [ 275 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:28:54+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528492": { "id": 528492, "headlineText": "Plaintiff's Smoking Makes Causation Hazy in Roundup Trial Closings", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Causation was front and center during closing arguments of Philadelphia\u2019s second Roundup trial. \r\n\r\nCounsel for Monsanto and Pennsylvania-based chemical manufacturer Nouryon zeroed in on plaintiff Kelly Martel\u2019s history as they argued\u00a0she could not prove\u00a0Roundup\u00a0caused her to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2023\/12\/04\/plaintiffs-smoking-makes-causation-hazy-in-roundup-trial-closings\/?slreturn=20231107162348", "tagIds": [ 104, 800, 179, 183, 99 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9992, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 179, 183, 99 ], "5": [ 800 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:25:51+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528491": { "id": 528491, "headlineText": "Philip Morris makes case to state Supreme Court in franchise tax fight", "sourceDate": "2023-12-04T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Tobacco giant Philip Morris urges the state Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that could force the company to pay a higher franchise tax bill. Philip Morris argued in a court filing Monday that the state Revenue Department is applying the law in an unconstitutional way.\r\n\r\nThis case is distinct from Philip Morris\u2019 ongoing fight with the Revenue Department over an $8.7 million bill tied to disallowed export tax credits.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.carolinacoastonline.com\/regional\/article_2493ad0a-929a-11ee-9e35-63174fb11ec9.html", "tagIds": [ 2, 14, 103, 104, 118, 112 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 2, 14 ], "2": [ 103, 104, 118, 112 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 27831, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:22:44+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528490": { "id": 528490, "headlineText": "BAT to take \u00a325bn hit on US cigarette brands ($$)", "sourceDate": "2023-12-07T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a08bdcc7-78e0-4066-b2c7-790feac74712", "tagIds": [ 3, 103, 222 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 1631, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 3 ], "2": [ 103, 222 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:12:17+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528489": { "id": 528489, "headlineText": "Youth vaping: The impact of e-cigarette use in schools", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "As a government consultation on measures to tackle youth vaping comes to an end, BBC South East speaks to head teachers, teaching staff and students to find out the impact e-cigarettes are having in schools.\r\n\r\n\"You find them asking to go out of the lessons to go into the toilets,\" said Sade Afolabi, a teacher in Surrey, and spokeswoman for the NASUWT teaching union.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-67625852", "tagIds": [ 221, 830, 135, 108, 226, 99 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25998, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 830, 135, 108, 99 ], "3": [ 226 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:11:00+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528488": { "id": 528488, "headlineText": "New Zealand's Indigenous people are furious over plans to snuff out anti-smoking laws", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "In December 2022, New Zealand passed pioneering legislation to cut down on smoking: limiting the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels, slashing the number of retailers that sell cigarettes by 90% and banning anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes in the country.\r\n\r\nFor the indigenous M\u0101ori and Pasifika populations of about 1.3 million, which have smoking rates of 18% to 20%, three times higher than the European population, the smokefree bill was \"a cause for celebration,\" says Teresa Butler, who is M\u0101ori and a member of the Ng\u0101ti Porou and Te Arawa tribes \u2014 and a former smoker of 28 years. \"We were ecstatic, so, so happy.\"", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2023\/12\/06\/1217306190\/new-zealand-maori-indigenous-people-anti-smoking-law", "tagIds": [ 244, 188, 193, 107, 830, 177 ], "marking": "promoted", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 188, 193, 107, 830, 177 ], "3": [ 244 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "A year ago, New Zealand enacted what are perhaps the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The new conservative government plans a repeal \u2014 and an end the Maori Health Authority. Protests have ensued.", "mediaId": 8963, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:09:30+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528487": { "id": 528487, "headlineText": "China e-cigarette titan behind 'Elf Bar' floods the US with illegal vapes", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A new breed of e-cigarette has addicted teenagers and confounded regulators worldwide by offering flavors like Blue Cotton Candy and Pink Lemonade in a cheap, disposable package.\r\n\r\nThe tycoon dominating this latest wave is Zhang Shengwei, 50, a veteran of China\u2019s vape industry in the southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen.\r\n\r\nMost people have never heard of him. Zhang quietly rose over 15 years from a boutique exporter to become one of the world\u2019s largest vape manufacturers. His main company, Heaven Gifts, now competes with industry giants Juul Labs Inc and British American Tobacco Plc (BATS.L) in the United States, the United Kingdom and across Europe.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-e-cigarette-titan-behind-elf-bar-floods-us-with-illegal-vapes-2023-12-06\/", "tagIds": [ 225, 112, 221, 254, 346, 226, 103, 222, 223 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25941, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 112, 221, 103, 222, 223 ], "3": [ 225, 254, 346, 226 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:05:07+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528486": { "id": 528486, "headlineText": "Public health groups alarmed at White House delay of menthol cigarette ban", "sourceDate": "2023-12-06T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Biden administration is delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol flavored cigarettes amid intense lobbying from critics including the tobacco industry, industry-backed groups and some Black criminal justice advocates. \r\n\r\nThe delay is alarming public health groups, which fear that the White House could cave to pressure and delay the rule indefinitely, especially against the backdrop of President Biden\u2019s reelection bid. \r\n\r\nThe target date for releasing the rule was initially August, which was then pushed back to the end of the year.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4346291-public-health-white-house-menthol-cigarette-ban\/", "tagIds": [ 107, 223, 99 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26131, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 107, 223, 99 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-07T21:02:51+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528485": { "id": 528485, "headlineText": "Swedish Match USA, Inc., MRTP Applications", "sourceDate": "2023-11-30T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "On November 30, 2023, FDA filed for scientific review modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) application renewals submitted by Swedish Match USA for the General Snus products. The original MRTP orders are valid for a term of 5 years from the date of issuance. To continue marketing an MRTP after the term of an order, the company may submit an MRTP renewal application for FDA to determine that the product still satisfies the requirements in section 911. Renewal applications may cross-reference an applicant\u2019s original MRTP as well as postmarket annual reports submitted in accordance with marketing order requirements for both the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) and MRTP. Annual reports for MRTPs contain the cumulative results from the postmarket surveillance and studies that all companies are required to conduct as part of a modified risk granted order. \r\n\r\nOnce all materials from these MRTP renewal applications are posted, FDA will announce the closing date for the comment period", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/tobacco-products\/advertising-and-promotion\/swedish-match-usa-inc-mrtp-applications", "tagIds": [ 346, 31, 5, 99, 107, 191, 106, 103, 188 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9778, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 31, 5 ], "2": [ 99, 107, 191, 106, 103, 188 ], "3": [ 346 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-02T01:58:37+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528484": { "id": 528484, "headlineText": "AUDIO: Let's talk e-cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Jamie Hartmann-Boyce interviews Eve Taylor at the E-Cigarette Summit, 16th November at the Royal College of Physicians, London. Eve discusses packaging regulations and the role that cigarette packaging and e-cigarette packaging have on the appeal to young people and adults. She draws on findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) survey data. The survey data from ASH shows that young people are less interested in trying e-cigarettes in standardised packaging and colours compared to branded packaging. However, changing the packaging does not affect adults, including adults that use combustible cigarettes. Eve discusses the role of flavour names and brand names. The interview highlights that the consequences of any changes in policy need to be thought through and any changes in regulations need to be clear and easily enforceable.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/podcasts.ox.ac.uk\/november-2023-eve-taylor", "tagIds": [ 99, 226, 221, 116, 158, 140, 138, 108, 71 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 221, 116, 158, 140, 138, 108 ], "3": [ 226 ], "1": [ 71 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 24400, "postedDate": "2023-12-02T01:55:06+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528483": { "id": 528483, "headlineText": "Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature", "sourceDate": "2023-11-30T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A bill to end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos that appeared headed for its first vote Thursday was delayed yet again when Democratic lawmakers said they did not have enough votes to advance it.\r\n\r\nThey also said they would listen to alternatives proposed by the casino industry including enclosed smoking rooms in which no employee would be forced to work.\r\n\r\nThat infuriated over 100 casino workers who packed a hearing room in the state Capitol, convinced that after nearly three years, their state representatives were ready to start the smoking ban on its way to approval.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/atlantic-city-ap-trenton-phil-murphy-democratic-b2456502.html", "tagIds": [ 793, 156, 177, 117, 175, 115, 198, 204 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 572, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 156, 177, 117, 175, 115, 198, 204 ], "3": [ 226 ], "5": [ 793 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-02T01:53:31+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528482": { "id": 528482, "headlineText": "Concern over B&M in York displaying vapes near sweets - council", "sourceDate": "2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Councillor Jenny Kent, executive member for environment and climate emergency, said: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to see how anyone thinks it\u2019s ok to market vapes to children near the sweet aisle, whether it is technically legal or not.\"\r\n\r\nAccording the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the City of York Council\u2019s trading standards team plan to talk to the retailer about how the products are being sold.\r\n\r\n\"Out of sight\"\r\nCouncillor Bob Webb, executive member for children, young people and education, said it was \"concerning to see products specifically for adults marketed in this way\".", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cv2z0yy7llgo", "tagIds": [ 221, 177, 226, 103, 183, 158, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 8872, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 177, 103, 183, 158, 108 ], "3": [ 226 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "A spokesperson from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) said: \"Recent data shows a worrying growth in vaping amongst teens and young adults\u201d", "postedDate": "2023-12-02T01:52:05+00:00", "editionId": 8403 }, "528481": { "id": 528481, "headlineText": "Interview with Roman Yazbeck, Managing Director \u2013 PMPKL", "sourceDate": "2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "\u2018Sustainability, in all dimensions, is at the core of our business strategy\u2019\r\n\r\nSince joining Philip Morris International (PMI) in 1996, Roman Yazbeck has had an impressive career in PMI defined across functions and continents, starting as a Controller, Director Finance and Director Corporate Affairs in Italy to Managing Director Romania and Bulgaria to Area VP Northern Russia then Africa and the Levant to, most recently, VP External Affairs & Business Development South and Southeast Asia. He relocated from Hong Kong to Karachi in Jan 2020 to take up the role.\r\nRoman has led the efforts in building regulatory pathways and engaging both scientists and medical communities.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40276163", "tagIds": [ 272, 313, 221, 103, 204, 177, 2 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9768, "tagsByCategory": { "3": [ 272, 313 ], "1": [ 2 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 204, 177 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2023-12-02T01:47:46+00:00", "editionId": 8403 } }, "totalCount": 49 }