A 2009 law that raised federal taxes on tobacco products to discourage smoking triggered a market shift to pipe tobacco and large cigars, costing the U.S. Treasury billions in lost revenue, according ...

The large cigar category is making a significant impact for convenience stores. With adult consumer demand growing across a variety of sub-segments, make sure you have the right product mix to ...

Non-cigarette tobacco use has jumped dramatically. Aug. 5, 2012— -- Americans are smoking fewer cigarettes, but the use of other forms of combustible tobacco has jumped dramatically, the CDC is ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey joined cigar companies from across the state in Bethlehem on Tuesday in a bid to snuff out a federal Food and Drug Administration effort to regulate large and premium cigars.

WASHINGTON — A dozen tobacco companies have gained from a legal loophole that helped them avoid up to $1.1 billion in U.S. taxes. Their secret: Using fillers such as the clay found in cat litter or ...

Q: Should the Food and Drug Administration have the power to regulate large and premium cigars? A: Although Congress granted the Food and Drug Administration the legal authority to regulate currently ...

While more Americans than ever before are quitting their cigarette habit, a growing number are also turning to large cigars and pipes, suggesting that gains in curbing tobacco consumption may be more ...

After a 25-percent jump in sales last year, the cigar segment is coming on strong again in c-stores, thanks in part to manufacturer innovation and tax-weary cigarette smokers jumping to large filtered ...

Two bills that are at odds over state taxation of cigar sales are testing the notion that an unhealthy habit can be snuffed out by hitting the pocketbook. The House Consumer Protection & Commerce ...

Despite all the known health hazards of smoking -- cancer and respiratory and heart disease high among them -- cigars are making a quiet comeback. In recent years, the U.S. has seen a startling shift ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The amount of nicotine found in large cigars and cigarillos varies greatly, researchers said in a poster presentation here at the FDA Science Forum. For large cigars, the ...

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