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'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes
May 31, 2023 - 10:48 AM

Health Canada's new regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are set to come into effect this summer.
No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavours
November 27, 2019 - 7:33 PM

BOSTON - Massachusetts became the first state to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, after Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law on Wednesday a bill that’s meant to reduce the appeal of the products to young people amid a rash of illnesses and deaths linked to vaping.
Philip Morris woos puff-happy Japan for post-smoking era
October 23, 2018 - 7:10 AM

TOKYO - Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro and other major cigarette brands, is manoeuvring to keep itself in business in a post-smoking world with an advertising blitz in puff-happy Japan and other tobacco-loving markets.
Couche-Tard optimistic about loyalty program despite drop in same-store sales
September 06, 2018 - 9:17 AM

TORONTO - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it's too early to tell what long-term impact dumping the embattled Aeroplan loyalty program at its Esso branded convenience stores will have, but the time it took for the brand to switch to the PC Optimum program has already hampered sales.
FDA will require e-cigarettes and contents to be reviewed
May 05, 2016 - 2:54 PM

WASHINGTON - The federal government announced sweeping new rules Thursday for electronic cigarettes that will for the first time require the devices and their ingredients to be reviewed, a mandate that could offer protection for consumers and upend a multibillion dollar industry that has gone largely unregulated.
Smoking and drinking wine getting more expensive in Ontario
February 25, 2016 - 1:11 PM

TORONTO - The Ontario government tackled a number of key vices in its 2016 budget, making it costlier to smoke and consume certain types of alcohol in the province, although a section of the gambling industry was given a small boost. Here are the key details:
Conservatives hike excise duties on cigarettes in $700-million tax grab
February 11, 2014 - 1:11 PM

OTTAWA - Long the whipping boys of revenue-hungry governments, Canadian smokers are now the target of the Conservative crusade against the deficit.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes

No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavours

Philip Morris woos puff-happy Japan for post-smoking era

Couche-Tard optimistic about loyalty program despite drop in same-store sales

FDA will require e-cigarettes and contents to be reviewed

Smoking and drinking wine getting more expensive in Ontario

Conservatives hike excise duties on cigarettes in $700-million tax grab

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