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High Court Rejects Tobacco Marketing Appeal

The Supreme Court has rejected a First Amendment challenge by tobacco companies to a 2009 law that restricts how they can market their products.

2013/04/22

In this handout illustration provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 10, 2010, one of 36 new proposed FDA cigarette warning labels is pictured. (Illustration by FDA Via Getty Images)

US To Revise Cigarette Warning Labels

The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit.

2013/03/19

FDA Reviews Causing Steep Drop in New Tobacco Products

Tobacco companies have introduced almost no new cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months because the federal government has prevented them from doing so, an Associated Press review has found.

2012/12/13

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Opinion: Mitt Romney The Cigarette Peddler

It turns out that Mitt Romney made millions and saved the company he was running by peddling cigarettes in the former Soviet Union and in the United States in the early 90s.

2012/10/16

ATF Gun-Trafficking Probe Led To Hundreds Of Weapons In Crime Scenes

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.

2012/09/19