Standards for marketing ethics guide companies in their efforts to do "the right thing." These standards help identify acceptable practices, foster internal control, and deal honestly and fairly with customers. They also ensure businesses comply with the law. Sometimes companies develop and publish their own ethical standards; other times they...
Like many in the Bay Point community, Joe White goes to the Bonfare Market when he has an itch to play the California Lottery's Scratchers game. At first glance, the store at the end of a strip mall on Port Chicago Highway looks like any other convenience...
Class Action Status Requested To Benefit All Persons in the State of New York who Purchased Marlboro Lights Cigarettes GREAT NECK, N.Y., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announces that it has filed suit on behalf of a man who suffered economic damages as a...
Byline: ALAN SIMPSON PLANS to introduce a ban on displaying tobacco and consign them to the darkest corner, under the counter, is typical of our MPs. At present, shops are allowed to show porn mags, sex toys and sexy underwear. At one time in...
I once had dinner with Bridget Riley. I can't remember much about the occasion - it was at the house of a prominent broadcaster, one firmly rooted in the arts establishment - except that Riley herself was likeably dynamic and feisty, keen on hand-rolled cigarettes, and professed herself - as...
Medivisor, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MVSR),developer of next-generation focus driven marketing tools, salesstrategies, and distribution platforms, announced today that it has enteredinto an agreement with The Curry Group, agent for Nico Worldwide Inc., forthe sale and marketing of NICLite®. NICLite® is an alcohol-freeSmoking Alternative Drink that is registered with the FDA...
GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lorillard, Inc. announced today the declaration of a quarterly dividend on its common stock, in the amount of $0.92 per share, payable December 12, 2008 to stockholders of record as of December 2, 2008. About Lorillard, Inc. Lorillard,...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3aa9a7/smokeless_tobacco) has announced the addition of the "Smokeless Tobacco Market Report: 2008 Edition" report to their offering. Snus, as is called in Sweden, is not new to the world, as it dates back to the 1700s or even before. Lately the smokeless...
CommitR introduces cappuccino-flavored lozenge to help soothe nicotine cravings PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey shows half of all smokers regularly drink coffee and smoke at the same time.(1) While smokers may say coffee drinking goes hand in hand with their cigarette, many are...
Munich -- Smokers who struggle to quit during the standard 12-week course of varenicline derive particular benefit from a second 12-week stint on the drug, a large international clinical trial has shown. In contrast, the study demonstrated, the majority of early quitters--that is, patients who gave up smoking...
Investment Column Our view: Buy Share price: 1,690p (-129p) The adverts used to tell you that smoking was good for your chest. Even though that bit of marketing turned out to be somewhat suspect, if someone tells you that tobacco...
Football nostalgia buffs who look fondly back on childhood days collecting cigarette cards or stickers of their favourite players may be a little shocked to find that Chelsea Football Club has taken the whole idea digital. Today, the famously marketing-savvy Stamford Bridge operation launches a website for...
A soft drink that claims to provide the same 'stress relief as a cigarette is targeting the UK to cash in on the smoking ban. Liquid Smoking, introduced in the Netherlands earlier this year, contains an African herbal extract that provides "a slight energising effect, followed by a...
76% of Potential Home Buyers Say Cigarette Smoke Odor Would Be a Deal Breaker TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As "For Sale" signs dot yards throughout Florida, plummeting sales and home prices and soaring foreclosures signal that the housing crisis continues to deepen. When the real...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bb76c4/cigarettes_tobac) has announced the addition of the "Cigarettes & Tobacco Market Report 2008" report to their offering. According to the General Household Survey GHS, established in 1972, the prevalence of smoking in the UK continues to decline. The Survey's latest figures, published...
Gallaher is launching a range of super-slim cigarettes under its Silk Cut brand packaged in "perfume-shaped" boxes to appeal to the female market. Silk Cut Superslims is positioned as a premium cigarette that rivals Vogue Superslims from BAT. The female-friendly pack design would give it an edge, said...
MOSCOW -- Talking to Russians on the street, you'd be forgiven for thinking there was no economic crisis. TV channels gloss over the subject and state news agencies are under orders to avoid frightening language. But beyond the spin, Russia's stock markets are plunging, some grocery shelves...
The Forum piece "Black caucus should end Big Tobacco ties" is just another example of people wanting to trample on the constitutional right we all have to petition government (Sept. 26). Yes, the tobacco industry contributes to the Congressional Black Caucus, as do unions, the communications industry, environmentalists...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reynolds American Inc. said today that its R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company subsidiary will record a third-quarter pre-tax non-cash charge of approximately $175 million associated with the lower trademark value of its Kool cigarette brand. As RAI noted in its restructuring...
Ruyan E-cigarette Starter Kits to Be Featured on Spots Produced by Incredible Discoveries on Behalf of Nashville's Nathan and James Group MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruyan America, Inc., announced today that an infomercial featuring the company's V-8 electronic cigarette will premiere next Monday, October 13, 2008,...
