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tobacco Firms Probed Over Price Fixing: By Dan Lalor LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tobacco companies and retailers, including all big four supermarket chains, were accused by the consumer affairs watchdog on Friday of fixing prices on cigarettes between 2000 and 2003. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it had named two...; Tags: Tesco, Retail Company, Tobacco, Manufacturer, OFT, Retail Price, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Tractor Supply Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; News items 2008-04-25
R.J. Reynolds Pays $2.2 Billion to States: NEW YORK (Reuters) - R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RAI)> on Wednesday said it paid U.S. states $2.251 billion under the master settlement agreement that ended their lawsuits over smokers' medical bills. But the cigarette maker added it put $431 million into an ...; Tags: settlement agreement, lawsuit, cigarette, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., payment; News items 2008-04-15
GeoExchange and Aquaculture: Mountain City, Tennessee: Johnson County High School Vocational Center has instituted a program to introduce aquaculture technology to former tobacco farmers. The WaterFurnace GeoExchange system used to maintain water and air conditions inside the greenhouse ensures operating and maintenance costs are kept to a minimum. Earth Energy predicts the system will pay for...; Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, GeoExchange, tobacco, cost savings; Case studies
Helping Williams F1 Apply Enterprise Performance Management Principles for High Performance, on the Track and Off: The European Union announced restrictions on tobacco advertising that were enforced on July 31, 2005 - Formula One racing cars are no longer allowed to serve as 200 mph billboards for tobacco brands. At the same time, the Formula One governing body - the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, or FIA...; Tags: Branding, Accenture Ltd., tobacco, enterprise performance management, brand, high-performance, advertisement, financial, industry, performance; Case studies 2006-06-29
Policy Lessons From Comparing Mortality From Two Global Forces: International Terrorism and tobacco: The aim of this study was to compare the mortality burdens from two global impacts on mortality: international terrorism and the major cause of preventable death in developed countries - tobacco use. It also sought to examine the similarities and differences between these two causes of mortality so as to...; Tags: Homeland security, BioMed Central, tobacco, terrorism; White papers 2005-12-15

New Cigarette Brands With Flavors That Appeal to Youth: tobacco Marketing Strategies: Tobacco manufacturers have recently introduced a proliferation of exotic brands featuring candy like flavors. This paper reviews the internal tobacco industry documents and patents to assess the role of flavored cigarettes in the targeting of young smokers. This research reveals the development of flavor delivery technologies hidden from consumers and...; Tags: Project HOPE, tobacco, cigarette, public health, monitoring, brand, health care, industry; White papers 2005-12-01
Hispanic Physicians' tobacco Intervention Practices: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study: U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited to attend to the health education needs of the growing U.S. Hispanic population. These educational needs include tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation. However, there is a lack of information on Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices,...; Tags: BioMed Central, tobacco, health care, training, physician, U.S., survey; White papers 2005-11-14
Up in Smoke: It's distressing to watch pharma trying to respond to its critics these days. When an industry is under attack, the first defense is often to preach to the choir, tiptoe around the issues, and adopt an aggrieved, defensive tone. This approach has been employed by pharma for a while now,...; Tags: pharmaceutical company, tobacco, industry; White papers 2005-08-01
tobacco Point of Sale Advertising Increases Positive Brand User Imagery: There have been numerous studies of the impact of tobacco media advertising and other promotions on adolescents. However there are few studies that have attempted to assess the potential impact of point of sale tobacco advertising. This study shows that point of sale tobacco advertising has the potential to increase...; Tags: tobacco, imagery, point-of-sale, advertisement, brand; White papers 2005-05-06
States' Allocations of Funds From the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement: This study assesses six states' allocation decisions for funds from tobacco settlement agreements, using information from newspaper articles and other public sources. State allocation decisions were diverse; substantial shares were allocated to areas other than tobacco control and health, including capital projects and budget shortfalls. This outcome reflects a lack...; Tags: Project HOPE, tobacco, allocation, public health, agreement, health care; White papers 2005-02-01
Term ABS Credit Action Report: September 2004: This paper highlights credit actions taken by Fitch Ratings in the non mortgage term asset-backed securities (ABS) market. Overall, stabilizing economic fundamentals continued to exert a positive influence on rating activity and collateral performance in September. With no downgrades to report for the month, upgrades in the third quarter outpaced...; Tags: Investment, asset based security, downgrade, tobacco, asset, performance, security; White papers 2004-10-29
Securitization of tobacco Settlement Payments to Reduce States' Conflict of Interest: Securitization of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from tobacco companies is hotly debated in states and policy circles. Securitization is issuing a bond backed by future payments in return for up-front money. Many public health advocates are strongly against securitization. However, securitization itself does not rob states of tobacco...; Tags: Project HOPE, securitization, tobacco, tobacco company, public health, payment, bond, health care, sales; White papers 2004-10-01
Reagan, Clinton, tobacco, and Children: An Interview With C. Everett Koop: At eighty-seven years of age, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has an extraordinary perspective on health and medicine in America. This paper reflects his views on child health from his thirty-five years as a pediatric surgeon; AIDS from his position as Surgeon General at the outset of the epidemic;...; Tags: Vertical industries, Project HOPE, tobacco, health care, industry; White papers 2004-10-01
Achieving tobacco Control Policy Goals in Ukraine Via Economic Tools: In case tobacco advertising is banned, cigarette consumption will definitely decline leading to improved public health. Tobacco advertising constitutes a significant share of the total volume of outdoor advertising (over 30% of all outdoor advertising expenditures as of 2001), while the share in printed mass-media is moderate (around 3% of...; Tags: tobacco, advertisement, cigarette, public health; White papers 2004-05-01
U.S. tobacco Industry - What to Look for in 2004: The US tobacco companies experienced a turbulent year in 2003, dominated by an intense promotional environment, considerably lower profitability, volume declines and several momentous litigation rulings. However, by year-end the major tobacco companies had settled into a more predictable pattern at lower levels of profitability. The competitive landscape for domestic...; Tags: tobacco company, tobacco, litigation, environment; White papers 2004-04-16
Getting to Outcomes 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, especially in youth, exact a high toll in local communities. Such substance use and abuse are linked to increased mortality and morbidity through substance-related violence, accidents, and crime. Substance abuse prevention programs not only improve the behavioral health of communities, but they save $4 to...; Tags: RAND Corp., tobacco, violence, health care, accident, accountability, benefit; White papers 2004-01-01
What Does Convenience Mean to Customers?: Suddenly, numerous retailers seem to have embarked on a quest for convenience that has resulted in many new options at normally unexpected places. Customers can now find grocery stores with gasoline, drug stores with groceries, convenience stores with delis, and coffee houses with drive-throughs. This study investigates customer perceptions of...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Clickin Research, retail channel, grocery, tobacco, beverage, benefit; White papers 2003-11-01
tobacco Marketing That Reaches Kids: Point-Of-Purchase Advertising and Promotions: This paper describes the tobacco industry which currently spends more than $10 billion on advertising, discounts, and promotional efforts at retail sales outlets or "points of purchase" throughout the United States (out of its total marketing expenditures of more than $11.4 billion).1 Studies show that such point-of-purchase advertising and promotion...; Tags: Branding, tobacco, cigarette, brand, advertisement, marketing, sales, industry; White papers 2003-09-03
Remedy Without Risk: An Overview of Medical Monitoring: Medical-monitoring claims have been raised in a variety of situations including asbestos, landfill toxins, PCBs, prescription drugs, and tobacco. This paper addresses the basic elements of a medical-monitoring claim; its evolution in the state and federal courts; the scorecard of the states that do and do not recognize medical monitoring;...; Tags: Washington Legal Foundation, tobacco, monitoring, class action, benefit; White papers 2002-08-01
Rationale Supporting a Total Ban on tobacco Displays and Signage at Point of Sale: There is ample justification that point of sale advertising and displays increase tobacco use and should be eliminated. National and provincial health organizations have strongly endorsed a ban on retail displays as a means of reducing tobacco use. Indeed, there is an international consensus in the health community that there...; Tags: tobacco, point-of-sale, health care, advertisement; White papers 2002-05-01