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...