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Budget & Taxes CIGARETTE TAXES SPURRING COSTLY CRIME: Forty-seven states, the District of Columbia and New York City have increased their tobacco taxes a total of 113 times since 2000, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. All that...

Budget & Taxes OHIOANS DEBATE IMPACT OF TOBACCO TAX HIKE ON STATE'S SMOKERS: Some Ohioans believe Gov. John Kasich's (R) proposal this month to raise the tax on every pack of cigarettes sold in Ohio by 60 cents to help pay for an income...

Budget & Taxes PA HOUSE CANCELS VOTE ON CIGARETTE TAX: The prospects for a cigarette tax bill providing emergency funding for Philadelphia schools were thrown into limbo last month when Republicans who control the state's Senate made some last...

Budget & Taxes PHILADELPHIA CIGARETTE TAX IN LIMBO: The cash-strapped school district and city of Philadelphia have been pushing for a bill imposing a $2 surcharge on every pack of cigarettes sold in the city to provide enough funding to avert...

States Propose Restrictions On Advertising To Youth, Bans On Flavored E-Cigarettes Current FDA Proposal Falls Far Short Of What Is Needed To Protect Our Youth The attorneys general of Illinois, Indiana, Massachussetts, and New York, have co-sponsored...

Ever wondered why good science has lost so much traction in public policy, especially in the US? (Though Canada is far from exempt: Consider the Experimental Lakes Area.) Or why so many Americans just won’t seem to accept obvious facts about evolution...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - (Mealey's) A Florida appeals court conditionally struck $5 million in punitive damages from a tobacco wrongful death suit June 12 and directed a trial judge to grant remittitur on $15 million in survivors' consortium claims...

Larson's Spotlight on Cell Phone, Coal Dust, Neck Injury, Disqualification to Benefits, and Surviving Spouse Entitlement to Death Benefits. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff...

Larson's Spotlight on Cell Phone, Coal Dust, Neck Injury, Disqualification to Benefits, and Surviving Spouse Entitlement to Death Benefits. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff...

MINNEAPOLIS - A lawsuit alleging that Philip Morris USA used deceptive trade practices and false advertising to market its Marlboro Lights cigarettes may proceed in Minnesota as a class action, the state Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 28, reversing in part...

The Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation has approved new treatment guidelines that include smoking-cessation programs for workers with lower-back injuries, shoulder-injury treatments, and treatment for lower extremity injuries, because cessation...

RICHMOND, Va. - Philip Morris USA (PM USA) on July 8 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Mastic, N.Y.-based G Talks Smoke Shop for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of the company's Marlboro...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida state court jury on Aug. 3 awarded $3.2 million in punitive damages to a woman who alleged that her years of smoking caused her to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that resulted...

MIAMI — (Mealey’s) A Florida state court jury awarded $776,000 June 18 to the widow of a man who died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after more than 50 years of smoking ( Joyce Hardin, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,...