February 23rd, 2011
February 23, 2011
By Staff
The King County Board of Health recently passed regulations to protect King County youth from electronic smoking devices and unregulated nicotine delivery devices.
The board voted unanimously to:
- restrict the sales of e-cigarettes or any other unapproved nicotine delivery devices only to people 18 and older;
- prohibit free or highly discounted electronic smoking devices or unapproved nicotine delivery products;
- prohibit the use of e-cigarette devices in places where smoking is prohibited by law.
Electronic smoking devices, commonly known as “e-cigarettes,” are battery-operated devices designed to look like and to be used in the same manner as conventional cigarettes.
February 22nd, 2011
By Tim McGlone
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 15, 2011
NORFOLK
A cigarette dealer was sentenced Monday to three years and one month in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $2 million after admitting his role in a conspiracy to sell thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes.
Guishon Dong, who goes by Benson, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes. Two accomplices, brothers Rong Kai Yang, known as Andy, and Min Hai Yang, known as Simon, also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced April 5.
February 18th, 2011
Editors Note: The court should be advised of the negative impact counterfeit cigarettes are having on the health of US consumers relative to legal tobacco products.
By Michael Felberbaum (CP) – 1 day ago
RICHMOND, Va. — Marlboro maker Altria Group is suing seven Chinese online retailers, alleging they sold counterfeit versions of its top-selling cigarette brands to customers in the U.S.
The owner of the largest U.S. tobacco company, Philip Morris USA, said Wednesday this is the first time an American company has sued China-based websites for selling counterfeit cigarettes to American consumers.
February 14th, 2011
For Immediate Release – October 25, 2010 – (Toronto) –A new study from The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that contraband tobacco accounts for 43% of all cigarettes consumed by Ontario high school daily smokers in grades 9 to 12.
The study, published in the current edition of Tobacco Control, looked at the smoking habits of Ontario students and found that of high school daily smokers, 50% smoked at least one contraband cigarette per day over the last year. Contraband cigarettes are manufactured on and smuggled from US and Canadian native reserves and sold in high quantities at lower prices outside of the regulated environment which prohibits the sale to minors.
