In Delhi’s ‘thank you’ budget, only tobacco taxed more

October 7th, 2009 HAVANA - Cuba has reduced the area of its 2009 tobacco crop by almost 30 percent and the harvest forecast by 16 percent due to global recession, officials said. The cutbacks are due to "the economic troubles that have generated a crisis" on the island, as well as the "financial restrictions that made it impossible to obtain the necessary resources", according to a statement Tuesday on the web page of the National Statistics Office, or ONE.

September 30th, 2009 Clove and tobacco importer sues FDA to prevent banWASHINGTON — The top distributor of clove-flavored tobacco products in the U.S. is asking a federal court to decide whether its new filtered cigars fall under a new federal ban on flavored cigarettes.

September 30th, 2009 Some Ky. tobacco farmers dealt late-season setbackLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Recent heavy rains in Kentucky have delivered a late-season setback to some tobacco farmers as their leaf ripens, dampening hopes for a bumper crop.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi has said that India is committed to bring down tobacco production as per the provisions of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Speaking at the inaugural session of first meeting of the Working Group under Articles 17-18 of the WHO-FCTC, Trivedi said that apart from focusing on health dimensions of the tobacco consumption, there is a need for concentrating on alternative livelihood for the millions of farmers and cottage industry workers who are engaged in tobacco related activities.

September 11th, 2009 Malawi expels tobacco buyers for price undercutsBLANTYRE, Malawi — Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for the country's main cash crop are the "enemy of the people" and will be expelled, said the president of this African nation, whose government this week deported three of them. President Bingu wa Mutharika's administration ordered the expulsion of a South African and three British buyers, making good on a campaign promise.

August 12th, 2009 Leaf tobacco producer Alliance One offering notesMORRISVILLE, N.C. — Leaf tobacco producer Alliance One International Inc.

July 2nd, 2009 Cigarette companies kicked out of tobacco meetingGENEVA — A U.N.-backed meeting on tobacco smuggling has barred cigarette companies from attending for fear they will try to influence delegates, participants said Thursday. More than 130 countries agreed late Wednesday to expel the tobacco industry from the rest of the weeklong meeting of parties to the 2005 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which the U.S.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was a "thank you" budget from the Congress government to the people of Delhi for voting the party back to power for the third consecutive term. Except for a marked hike in tobacco products, the tax structure remained unchanged, and several new infrastructure projects were unveiled ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010.

June 22nd, 2009 Obama to sign anti-smoking bill in Rose GardenWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. Obama is scheduled to sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act during an event Monday in the Rose Garden.

June 22nd, 2009 Obama to sign tobacco bill on MondayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is to sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The law allows the Food and Drug Administration to reduce nicotine in tobacco products, ban candy flavorings and block labels such as "low tar" and "light." The bill, to be signed Monday during a Rose Garden event, also requires tobacco companies to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings and reveal what chemicals they put into their products.

June 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has revealed that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the design and ingredients of their cigarettes over time, and that such changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guidelines. The researchers say that consumers who buy the same brand of product are not made aware of the alterations, and how they might affect their levels of addiction or harm.

June 12th, 2009 Obama: Tobacco bill 'defines change' in WashingtonWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a bill giving the government much greater power to regulate tobacco "truly defines change in Washington." The president spoke in the Rose Garden just minutes after the House passed the bill overwhelmingly. The Senate approved the legislation on Thursday.

June 11th, 2009 Main provisions of FDA tobacco legislationMain provisions of legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the production and marketing of tobacco products: — Creates a tobacco control center within the FDA and gives the FDA authority to regulate the content, marketing and sale of tobacco products to protect public health. — Requires tobacco companies and importers to reveal all product ingredients and seek FDA approval for any new tobacco products.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Now smokers would be forced to think twice before lighting a cigarette, as the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules 2008 are being implemented from May 31. The long- awaited step is aimed at cutting down on the killer habit.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Centre would implement the rules on issuing statutory pictorial warning on cigarette and tobacco products from May 31. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, who appeared for the Union Government gave the undertaking before a bench of Justices B N Agrawal and G S Singhvi on Wednesday.