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July 7, 2025

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Mass. lawmakers push for effort to ban all tobacco sales over time

December 7, 2024 Steve LeBlanc

BOSTON — A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco […]

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Biden admin vows to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars

April 30, 2021 Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among black smokers. The Food and […]

Business

California closer to banning sale of most flavored tobacco

August 25, 2020 Adam Beam, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on track to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products, joining states like New York and Massachusetts in an effort to slow the spread of the harmful habit among […]

Business

Altria expands sales of heated-cigarette as revenue slides

July 28, 2020 Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marlboro-maker Altria said Tuesday that cigarette sales continued to decline in its last quarter as the company pushed to expand sales of an alternative heated-tobacco product. The Richmond, Virginia-based company reported second-quarter […]

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Christmas week change to tobacco age limit left retailers scrambling

January 8, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Those under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S. due to a new federal law. North Carolina retailers knew the change was coming after […]

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NC farmers could take billions in losses from Florence

September 26, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — The damage to North Carolina’s agriculture industry from Hurricane Florence could reach well into the billions of dollars. “I think it’s easily going to be in the billions of dollars,” N.C. Agriculture […]

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