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American cigarette manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the FDA.
The largest US tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
read more ...05/04/15
Interesting facts about cigarettes, countries - tobacco leaders.
Every minute in the world are sold about 8-10 million cigarettes and daily 13-15 billion cigarettes.
read more ...04/01/15
Anti-smoking campaigns run to extremes.
It is strange to what can bring the foolishness of anti-smoking crusaders in their attempts to impose all the rules of a healthy lifestyle, even if they lead to a violation of all norms, artistic freedom and civil society.
read more ...03/03/15
Gilmore Floats Plan for Roads. Tobacco Funds Eyed; Other Ideas Rebuffed

08/24/99

Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III announced today that he will not use the state surplus or real estate transaction taxes to ease traffic congestion, as Democrats have urged, and said he is considering several other funding options before presenting his

Gilmore (R) said that using a portion of the state's national tobacco settlement is a "good solution" and that he also is open to repaying money borrowed earlier this decade from the state's road-building program. He plans to announce the transportation package Aug. 31. The governor has not said how much he is willing to spend. Northern Virginia legislators from both parties have urged him to include at least $1 billion for their region. A state government source said today that Gilmore is considering a package that will total about $2 billion, with half earmarked for Northern Virginia. The ideas of using tobacco settlement money and repaying the roads fund were among the few transportation proposals that escaped the governor's criticism today in a sharply worded speech to the state legislature's money committees. Gilmore's remarks, his most specific on the transportation issue, underscored how relief for traffic congestion has grown to dominate this fall's legislative races, particularly in Northern Virginia.

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