US: CVS''s Tobacco Ban Could Make Its Bottom Line Healthier By banning cigarettes and other tobacco products, CVS Caremark, the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States, is making a big bet that it can profit more from the rapidly expanding and qui... |
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US: Stop-smoking Battle Still Raging 50 Years after Surgeon General Published Health Risks More than four in 10 American adults were smokers — and so were a lot of kids — 50 years ago when the surgeon general first announced that smoking kills. The report "Smoking and Health" said blunt... |
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Philippines: BIR Rejects PMFTC''s Reclassification Request he Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has rejected the request of Lucio Tan's group PMFTC Inc. to reclassify its Marlboro brands from high tier to low tier category. A BIR source, who declined to be ... |
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Almost 600 British Kids Take up Smoking Each Day And getting the habit at a tender age is far more dangerous than starting in later life, warn experts It affects lung development and boosts the risk of progressive lung disease, say researchers. ... |
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Imperial''s Stick-equivalent Volume down 7% over Full Year Imperial Tobacco's stick-equivalent volume sales during the year to the end of September, at 317 billion, were down by seven per cent on those of the year to the end of September 2012. Stick-equival... |
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