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Tobacco Product Manufacturing

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    The Big (Tobacco-Related) Threat to Missouri's Budget You've Probably Never Heard Of

    ​Is anybody in America more hospitable to small tobacco companies than the Show-Me State? Not only do we levy the lowest cigarette tax in the entire nation (a paltry 17 cents per pack).  Our legislature is the only one that forces Big Tobacco to cough up payments for smoking-related health co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Hospitals Lose in Big Tobacco Money Grab in St. Louis Court

    Just because you light up doesn't mean Big Tobacco has to share the cost of your subsequent hospital care, a St. Louis jury decided today.​After thirteen years of litigation, three months of trial and just over six days of jury deliberations, a group of 37 area hospitals have struck out in their a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Missouri Ranked 47th in Protecting Kids From Smoking

    ​Twelve years after the tobacco industry agreed to a multi-billion-dollar settlement with the attorneys general of 46 states, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is out with a new report examining how -- if at all -- those funds are being used to prevent youth from smoking.  The study isn't ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Will FDA Study on Cigarette Ingredients Prove St. Louis Alderman's Theory? Rat Eyes and Opossum Guts?

    Kevin Dean @ www.betaart.com​As the Associated Press reports today, the Food and Drug Administration wants to "lift the smokescreen" surrounding the chemicals and ingredients that go into cigarettes and other tobacco products. For the first time ever the FDA is demanding that tobacco companies pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Speaking of Butt Heads... Cigarette Litter Annoys People Across Nation

    Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Times reports today that "dozens of municipalities across the nation" have passed laws banning smoking on beaches and playgrounds, because citizens are sick of not only stepping on cigarette butts, but paying millions of dollars a year to clean them up.From the Times:

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Attorney General Chris Koster: Fighting Hard for That Extra 48 Cents

    ago.mo.govThis just in from Chris Koster. The state's attorney general is pleased to announce that his office received payments of $155,768,810.48 in tobacco-settlement money in April. What most impresses me is not the $155 million. It's that we have an attorney general who's willing to fight for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Tuesday, March 31: Morning's Newz

    Three candidates for St. Louis mayor held a debate last night at the downtown library. The event was long on sound-bites and allegations, but short on in-depth policy discussions -- according to KWMU 90.7 FM. You can listen to snippets of the debate here. Federal agents have charged Robert Williams, ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    No Spiffs, Bands or Butts

    Goodbye, free smokes. Goodbye, free money. R.J. Reynolds quits the club scene.

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Really Strange Bedfellows

    With good guys like this, who needs bad guys?

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