In case you missed it, tobacco ads have been back on TV for almost five years now. One-fifth of teenagers are habitual vapers.
FDA proposes stricter 10-month deadline for e-cigarettes. San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban aims to goose the FDA. Debate on e-cigarettes lights up 10 years after FDA tobacco law. Juul’s new marketing is straight out of Big Tobacco’s playbook. Ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb: “Juul is going to be in a hard spot to ever get their product approved.” Philip Morris has a Nespresso problem.
Luxembourg customs officials confiscate 462,000 smuggled cigarettes at airport, coming from Hong Kong. Law enforcers in “transit country” of Ukraine find smuggled cigarettes worth over $2 million.
Huge haul of cash and illicit cigarettes seized by UK Customs in Bristol. British tobacco smuggler found with almost 30,000 illegal cigarettes from Qatar. UK man’s bold smuggling attempt from Qatar foiled at Manchester airport. Weapons and illegal cigarettes found during a North Ireland bust.
Europol releases 2019 Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment.
Carreras Ltd plans fierce pushback at more cigarette taxes in Jaimaca.
Guyana puts big dent in cigarette smuggling. On the trail of cigarette smuggling in Mali.
3.5 million illicit cigarettes seized in Malaysia.
A tyrant doesn’t ask for power over you. He asks for power over your neighbor. He’ll get around to you soon enough.