August 13th, 2011
Marc Carig/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger
A.J. Burnett reached inside a circular tin this past winter, pinched off a lump of finely ground tobacco and wedged it between his lower lip and gum, a process known as “packing a dip.”
Burnett had dipped hundreds of times before, so he didn’t think twice about the bulge protruding from his mouth, or the brown saliva he would soon need to spit out, or the consequences his habit might have on his health. It would have stayed this way, too, had Burnett not felt a tug on the back of his shirt.
August 8th, 2011
Reynolds hopes to make up for its shrinking U.S. cigarette market while health officials worry about risks to users.
By Eleanor Kennedy
ekennedy@charlotteobserver.com
Some public health advocates think the new products appeal to children. T. Ortega Gaines – ogaines@charlotteobserver.com
Bite-size dissolvable “orbs” that look like breath mints and melt in your mouth are the tobacco industry’s latest attempt to fight falling U.S. cigarette sales.
Charlotte is one of two test markets for Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American Inc.’s newest products: dissolvable, smokeless tobacco lozenges that come as orbs, sticks or strips.
August 5th, 2011
ONE of the world’s largest tobacco companies warned yesterday it would not be able to stock shelves with its tobacco products if the Gillard government went ahead with plain cigarette packaging.
Managing director of British American Tobacco Australia David Crow told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday Australia would be flooded with cheap cigarettes from China and Indonesia if the laws come into effect next year.
Mr Crow told the hearing on the plain packaging legislation that if the bill stands”I will be out of stock on the first of July”.
