PRWeb: Industry Tobacco http://www.prweb.com Latest news releases for Industry Tobacco from PRWeb en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv2.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com Airlines, Smokers and Non-Smokers Welcome a New Green Air Friendly Tobacco Inhaler http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2634824.htm Smoking has been banned on airlines for over 20 years, yet stress and tension levels associated with flying have increased. SmokeScents, a fire cured tobacco inhaler can now be used on aircraft and other places where smoking is restricted. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2009)

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]]> What Do People Really Think About the Green Smoke Electronic Cigarette http://www.prweb.com/releases/electronic_cigarette/e-cigarette/prweb2618734.htm Long-time smokers are excited about the Green Smoke electronic cigarette. The tangible feel of the Green Smoke electronic cigarette compared to other nicotine delivery devices is also a dream come true for many. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2009)

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]]> Tubos Cigar Selection Are Available Now at GoCubans.com http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2596454.htm Wide range of Tubos are now available at GoCubans.com as part of an increased variety of products such as Cuban cigars in aluminum tube that protect the cigars from external factors. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Fights California Tobacco Tax Proposals http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2550904.htm California legislators are grasping at tax straws that don't exist as they seek to raise billions of dollars that don't exist for a balanced state budget that doesn't exist, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. Two bills propose to increase tobacco taxes to as much as $2.10 per pack of cigarettes on top of the current $.87 per pack state tax and recently increased federal taxes of $1.00 per pack plus correspondingly stiff increases on other tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco. (PRWeb Jun 20, 2009)

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]]> Massachusetts Reaches Tipping Point Says IPCPR and State Tobacconists http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2537764.htm Apparently State Rep. Ted Speliotis doesn't believe Massachusetts has gone far enough to control the lives of its citizens, but the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association and its several dozen members statewide believe that the tipping point of public opinion has been reached against legislated deprivation of their individual rights. Speliotis' bill to essentially ban smoking within 25 feet of windows and entrances of buildings is expected to be reviewed this week at a State House hearing. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Warns Cigar Smokers: Nothing to Celebrate with North Carolina Budget http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2539544.htm One way or another, there may well be another tobacco tax increase among nearly $800 million worth of across-the-board tax increases in North Carolina. That's what is proposed for the fiscal year beginning July 1 unless an irate electorate makes itself heard by the state's legislators, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2009)

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]]> International Beverage Expands Commitment to USA by Assigning Speyburn and Old Pulteney Brands to U.S. Subsidiary http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2539634.htm International Beverage (InterBev), a wholly owned subsidiary of the $2.6 billion publicly traded leading alcohol beverage producer Thai Bev, today announced it has assigned its Speyburn and Old Pulteney brands to International Beverage USA (InterBev USA), its New York City subsidiary. InterBev USA takes the reins of the Scotland-based Inver House Distillers portfolio in the U.S. effective Aug. 1, 2009. (PRWeb Jun 16, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Advises Louisiana Legislature: Don't Tax Twinkies or Tobacco http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2529094.htm As if a 2,700 percent federal tax increase on some tobacco products wasn't enough, Louisiana lawmakers are trying to squeeze another 50 percent in state tax revenues out of Louisiana cigar smokers plus $.50 per pack of cigarettes and similar increases on other tobacco products. "It's as unfair and unjust as excessively taxing alcoholic beverages, snack foods, and automobiles because they make you drunk, fat or have accidents. Just because obesity is the nation's leading cause of health problems, nobody should be taxing Twinkies and no one should be taxing tobacco, especially cigars and pipe tobacco, in order to manage how we live," according to Chris McCalla, legislative director of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association, whose 5,000 members and guests will be meeting in convention in New Orleans in August. (PRWeb Jun 14, 2009)

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]]> The World Heath Organization's "World No Tobacco Day" is May 31 -- HotelMagician.com Remains Dedicated to Helping Travelers Locate Smoke Free Hotels http://www.prweb.com/releases/smoke-free-hotels/world-no-tobacco-day/prweb2379934.htm HotelMagician.com will be celebrating two years running one of the largest databases of smoke-free hotels on the Internet, alongside the World Health Organization's "World No Tobacco Day" on May 31, 2009. Since 2007, HotelMagician.com has maintained a database of thousands of hotels worldwide that are completely smoke-free. (PRWeb May 26, 2009)

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]]> Press Release: Electronic Cigarette VS FDA http://www.prweb.com/releases/smoking/fda/prweb2378344.htm Smoking Everywhere, Inc. filed a federal complaint today seeking an injunction against the FDA (PRWeb May 4, 2009)

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]]> NASCAR Racing Returns to Dover's "Monster Mile" with Sprint, Nationwide and Camping World series May 29-31 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2372914.htm Three late spring races at famed First State track draw NASCAR notables for first of two 2009 race weekends. (PRWeb May 1, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says Louisiana Legislature Puts State Businesses at Risk http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2368994.htm Nearly 1,200 bills have been filed for debate during the current legislative session in Louisiana. Of these, the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association is watching three it believes will negatively impact state businesses, including scores of conventions as well as hundreds of small businesses and more than a million residents throughout the state who smoke. (PRWeb Apr 30, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Expresses Concern for Future of Florida Tobacco Retailers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2358224.htm Much has been written about the negative effect on Florida-based cigar manufacturers that increased state taxes on tobacco will have, but it's the mom-and-pop smoke shop owners and their employees and customers who will be hurt the most, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. The IPCPR has more than 2,000 members worldwide, 290 of which are located throughout the state of Florida. (PRWeb Apr 26, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Urges Common Sense by Vermont Lawmakers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2353354.htm The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association today urged Vermont legislators to use common sense when considering an extreme tightening of the state's current smoking ban which has been in place since 1987. The proposal now before the legislature includes the banning of smoking in tobacco shops and other such adult oriented locations. (PRWeb Apr 22, 2009)

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]]> Announcing Release of www.Safer-Smoking.com: Beat the New Smoking Taxes and Bans Legally, Buy Electronic Cigarettes and Save Cash http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2338464.htm Can you imagine what would happen if there were one cutting edge technology, namely an e-cigarette, or electronic cigarette, that can erase nearly all the dangers and carcinogens out of the smoking equation? What if this technology was less expensive then traditional tobacco cigarettes as well? With the launch of a brand new website www.Safer-Smoking.com what was once imagination is now a reality! (PRWeb Apr 20, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says Tobacco Ban Effort Endangers Texas Jobs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2322134.htm Texas legislators are considering a statewide smoking ban - again. This time, however, the only thing that has changed is that more jobs and businesses than ever would be at stake, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. The organization is comprised of more than 2,000 retailers and manufacturers, mostly small, family-owned businesses. (PRWeb Apr 15, 2009)

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]]> Power-Up ENERGY Reveals NEW Buzz Bite® Chocolate and Mint Chocolate Energy Chew 2ct. Convenience Packs at NAMA Spring Expo, April 16-17 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2317284.htm Power-Up Energy is launching new packaging for Buzz Bites for the snack vending industry to allow snack vendors to sell an energy product at the most popular vending price point of $1.00. Buzz Bites Chocolate and Mint Chocolate Energy Chews are the number 1 energy chew on the market and have the same energy equivalent of a 5 hour energy shot, 25% more caffeine than the popular Red Energy Drink. (PRWeb Apr 10, 2009)

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]]> Renowned Smoking Cessation Expert Launches Popular Stop Smoking Seminar across U.S. and UK http://www.prweb.com/releases/stop_smoking/quit_smoking/prweb2308944.htm America's favorite Smoking Cessation (http://ForeverSmokefree.com) Expert Franc Tausch is launching his popular Stop Smoking (http://ForeverSmokefree.com) Seminar in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. and in London, UK. Attendees quit smoking (http://ForeverSmokefree.com) in one day, without nicotine withdrawal or weight gain. (PRWeb Apr 9, 2009)

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]]> Shamanistic Salvia-Heads United in Story-Telling Competition http://www.prweb.com/releases/salviadivinorum/contest/prweb2308104.htm Nevada-based Salvia Divinorum retailer FreshSalvia.com has launched a competition paying out $1,000 in prizes. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Campaigns Against New NY State OTP Taxes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2297934.htm Some $13 billion in new taxes and fees fill the proposed $132 billion New York State budget already passed by the Assembly and currently under consideration by the Senate. Included in the 3,000 pages of legislation are increased taxes on non-cigarette tobacco products which the 2,000-member International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association warns could result in economic devastation to its 74 in-state members and job losses among their more than 600 employees. (PRWeb Apr 5, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says Hawaiians Should "'Onipa'a" Against HB895 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2289204.htm 'Onipa'a - stand fast - against HB895 is the advice given to all Hawaiians by the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association as it joins the fight against what it calls 'crippling new state taxes' proposed against premium cigars and other non-cigarette tobacco products. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Claims Michigan Legislators Have Love/Hate Relationship with Tobacco http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2248404.htm Michigan legislators may be having a love-hate relationship when it comes to tobacco, suggests the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association whose majority of more than 2,000 members are mom-and-pop smoke shop owners and small-business manufacturers and distributors of premium cigars, pipes, fine tobaccos and accessories (PRWeb Mar 20, 2009)

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]]> Americas Watchdog Warns The World About Chinese Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals & Cigarettes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2234634.htm Americas Watchdogs' Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants is the most quoted group in the world on product counterfeiting and piracy. The group is predicting that in 2009 global counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals will grow to $150 billion US dollars worldwide & China alone, will produce over 200,000,000,000 counterfeit cigarettes. Why the worry? Americas Watchdog is leading a national investigation into imported toxic Chinese drywall that could result in cancer, or other serious health issues, among homeowners in the 300,000+ US homes, that contain the imported Chinese gypsum board, built in the US, after the 2001. The group says, "Do you think for one second Chinese or Russian organized crime syndicates care about what they put in their counterfeit drugs, or cigarettes? We are begging legitimate Pharmaceutical & Cigarette maker CEO's to contact us immediately, so we can help them identify the bad guys & put them out of business. We also want to talk to the US & the global press about this dire emergency." For more information please contact the Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants at 866-714-6466 or contact them via their Web site at http://GP-CC.com. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says Gov. Sebelius at Odds with OSHA http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2204574.htm Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, is apparently at odds with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. She also may be steering her state into the teeth of multiple business failures, hundreds of job losses and millions in lost tax revenues, says Chris McCalla, legislative director of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Mar 5, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says North Carolina Legislators Unaware of OSHA Position on Secondhand Smoke http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2200924.htm North Carolina legislators supporting a proposed statewide smoking ban may not be aware that the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has established safe levels for secondhand smoke in the workplace and that business, jobs and tax revenues are in jeopardy with such a proposal, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2009)

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]]> CigarBar.com -- Premium Domain Name Finally for Sale at Auction this Week http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2079044.htm The premium domain name CigarBar.com is finally for sale! The domain name will be sold to the highest bidder following a 7-day auction to be held at www.greatdomains.com. The auction event begins this Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST and ends seven days later on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST. (PRWeb Feb 17, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says 'Show Me' Missourians Won't be Pressured into Smoking Bans http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2050614.htm The 'Show-Me' state is showing it won't be pressured by anti-smoking activists into legislating unnecessary smoking bans, according to the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Feb 15, 2009)

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]]> 5th Annual Belgian Beer Festival in Fells Point, Maryland http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2016214.htm Annual Belgian Beer Festival set to take place Friday - Sunday, February 13 - 15, 2009 at Max's Taphouse in Fell's Point, Maryland from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. each day. Max's will showcase 120 Belgian drafts and over 200 bottles of imported specialty beers, some of which will be exclusive to the Taphouse and some of which will be making their U.S. premiere. The event is open to the public at no charge. For more inforamtion, please call 410-675-6297 or log onto Annual Belgian Beer Festival (http://www.maxs.com). (PRWeb Feb 11, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Supports International Pipe Smoking Day, Feb. 20 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1967614.htm If what Albert Einstein supposedly said is true - "Pipe smoking makes you look smart" - there will be millions of smart looking people celebrating the second annual International Pipe Smoking Day on February 20. That's when pipe smokers around the world will "raise their pipes together to foster friendship, benevolence, and tranquility across all borders," according to the United Pipe Clubs of America and the International Pemium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Feb 7, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Challenges South Dakota Move to Tighten State Smoking Ban http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1960864.htm When someone says 'there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke' they are simply unaware of the facts or refuse to accept the truth, cautions the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association. The IPCPR represents more than 2,000 retailers and manufacturers of premium cigars - mostly mom-and-pop small business owners - and is fighting South Dakota's efforts to tighten its current statewide smoking ban. (PRWeb Feb 6, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Joins Deadwood Tobacconist in Fight Against Expanded South Dakota Smoking Ban http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1939474.htm If South Dakota's state lawmakers realized they would be laying waste to their state's already rickety economy by tightening the smoking ban currently in place, they would never even consider such an action. So says a Deadwood tobacconist and the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Feb 1, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Casts Doubt on Need for Statewide Indiana Smoking Ban http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1892874.htm Proponents of a statewide Indiana smoking ban should take another look at the so-called facts on which they are basing their opinions, said Chris McCalla, legislative director of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Jan 22, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Says Texas Legislator Tilts at Tobacco Windmills http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1878314.htm The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association today suggested that Texas State Representative Myra Crownover (R-Denton) may be misinformed with regard to her third effort to initiate a statewide smoking ban. (PRWeb Jan 20, 2009)

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]]> FMC Launches New Spartan® Charge Herbicide for Sunflower Market http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1867754.htm Product Combines Fast Preplant Burndown with Excellent Preemerence Control of Tough Broadleaves. FMC Corporation announced the introduction of Spartan® Charge herbicide today. This new, dual-action herbicide is the company's latest addition to its broadening portfolio of sunflower herbicides. It provides excellent preemergence control of tough broadleaf weeds with the added benefit of effective, fast burndown control of small susceptible broadleaf weeds, allowing sunflower producers to start with a cleaner field in the spring. (PRWeb Jan 15, 2009)

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]]> Jude Law's Ex Beats the Smoking Ban with Gamucci Electronic Cigarettes http://www.prweb.com/releases/jude_law/electronic_cigarette/prweb1860364.htm Jude Law's ex wife, Sadie Frost, has recently been using the Gamucci range of electronic cigarettes to beat the smoking ban. (PRWeb Jan 14, 2009)

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]]> The New Year Brings a New Electronic Cigarette 'Fifty-One' - The Fastest Growing Products On The Market http://www.prweb.com/releases/electronic_cigarette/electric_cigarette/prweb1850554.htm Electronic cigarette smokers predict that by 2010, thirty-five percent of smokers will switch to e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are among the fastest growing consumer products on the market today, so it makes sense that smokers would want to enjoy the best. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Warns of Economic Impact from Virginia Smoking Ban http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1846364.htm With nearly 70 percent of restaurants statewide already declaring themselves smoke-free, why would Virginia lawmakers be discussing proposals for a legislated smoking ban when the marketplace is already making that happen? That's the question being asked by Gary Pesh, the incoming president of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association on behalf of the organization's three dozen members and hundreds of thousands of their customers throughout the Commonwealth. (PRWeb Jan 12, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Dismisses 'Third-Hand' Smoke http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1833424.htm The people who make, sell and enjoy premium cigars are wondering what all the recent fuss is about so-called third-hand smoke. It isn't just that the issue is far-fetched and implausible, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, it's that it was proposed years ago and few found it worth writing about until now. (PRWeb Jan 8, 2009)

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]]> IPCPR Salutes Michigan Legislature for Not Enacting Smoking Ban http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1778354.htm Michigan State lawmakers should be saluted for failing to compromise on a proposed statewide smoking ban before its 2007-2008 session came to an end this week, according to Chris McCalla, legislative director of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. (PRWeb Dec 21, 2008)

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]]> IPCPR Says 'Give That Man a Cigar' for the Holidays http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1753314.htm Looking for an unusual and special one-stop shop for many names on your Christmas list? Your local tobacconist may have the answer and you won't have to spend a lot to get a great gift, according to Thomas Moran, President of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association. "This Christmas is a great time to purchase affordable luxuries such as hand-made premium cigars, pipes, tobacco and assorted accoutrements for yourself or as gifts for friends and family members. Premium cigars are naturally celebratory and fit the holiday season to perfection at prices to match any gift level or budget," according to Moran. (PRWeb Dec 19, 2008)

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