Star Scientific Breaks New Ground, Plans FDA Filing for Approval of First ‘Modified Risk’ Tobacco Product; Nominates Curtis Wright, MD, MPH for FDA Advisory Committee PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board this week approved a ban on all tobacco products on school property effective Jan. 1, but now are investigating how they could control another questionable substance – nicotine-laden candy. Board member Glenda Owens said ... Jump to full article >>

GEORGE TOWN: One out of every three cigarette packs sold in peninsular Malaysia is either contraband or fake. In Sabah and Sarawak, two out of three packs sold are illegal. These numbers were based on a quarterly survey and study conducted by the Customs De­­partment and the Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manuf­acturers (CMTM). Customs deputy director-general (enforcement) Datuk Mohamed Khalid Yusuf, in revealing the results, added that t ... Jump to full article >>

Any company selling products that addict and eventually kill 400,000 customers annually might well be reluctant to point out the health dangers. So the federal courts should be mighty skeptical when Big Tobacco screams about its First Amendment rights to keep peddling cigarettes without the oversize health warning labels ordered by Congress this year. With a free-speech lawsuit filed last week, the nation’s largest tobacco companies challe ... Jump to full article >>