For cigarette smuggler, a perilous life under Islamic State
It was a heart-racing moment. The cigarette smuggler was stuck in line at a checkpoint as, up ahead, Islamic State militants were searching cars.
Starkville Dollar General hit for smokes
The Starkville Police Department is searching for three suspects after a Monday commercial burglary at Jackson Street’s Dollar General location.
Cigarette thief strikes Columbus
Call him the cigarette bandit that prefers menthols.
Sweets makers work to keep names off e-cigarettes
Owners of brands geared toward children of all ages are battling to keep notable names like Thin Mint, Tootsie Roll and Cinnamon Toast Crunch off the flavored nicotine used in electronic cigarettes.
FDA proposes first regulations for electronic cigarettes
The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.
Electronic cigarette industry awaits looming FDA regulation
Smokers are increasingly turning to battery-powered electronic cigarettes to get their nicotine fix. They’re about to find out what federal regulators have to say about the popular devices.
Surgeon general urges new resolve to end smoking
One in 13 children could see their lives shortened by smoking unless the nation takes more aggressive action to end the tobacco epidemic, the U.S. Surgeon General said Friday — even as, astonishingly, scientists added still more diseases to the long list of cigarettes’ harms.
Woman offers beer, smokes as lost dog reward
An Ohio woman made fliers offering a case of beer and a pack of cigarettes as a reward for finding her lost dog — and it worked.
NYC council votes to make tobacco-buying age 21
NEW YORK — Smoking may be a bad habit — but New York City lawmakers want their residents to be older and wiser before deciding
FDA: Menthol cigarettes likely pose health risk
RICHMOND, Va. — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does
APNewsBreak: US to revise cigarette warning labels
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit.
Soda shop rebuked for stocking candy smokes
Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.
South Carolina man pleads guilty in Mississippi cigarette case
TUPELO — A South Carolina man is the latest person to plead guilty to federal charges related to a scheme to avoid paying taxes on thousands of packs of cigarettes.