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Technology makes tobacco sales simpler but growers feel lost
The Hindu Business Line  May 21  Comment 
Bar-coding bales and flashing prices on big screens have advanced auctioning. Some farmers, however, are yet to come to terms with it and feel pricing cannot be improved by changing the mode of auctioning
[$] Philip Morris to Buy Mexican Unit
Wall Street Journal  May 21  Comment 
Philip Morris International has agreed to buy the 20% that it doesn't already own in its Mexican tobacco business for about $700 million. The stake is currently held by Grupo Carso SAB, a conglomerate founded by Carlos Slim.
[$] Imperial Tobacco's Stock Could Be Habit-Forming
Wall Street Journal  May 20  Comment 
Investors have resisted the urge for some tobacco stocks. They should give in to temptation.
Well: Safety: Smoke in Nonsmoking Hotel Rooms
New York Times  May 17  Comment 
Staying in a nonsmoking room in a hotel that allows smoking elsewhere does not prevent exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study reports.     
Tennessee’s Highland Rim Center to host tobacco, beef field day June 27
Southeast Farm Press  May 17  Comment 
From the University of Tennessee The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center in Springfield, Tenn., will host the Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day on June 27, 2013. read more
5 Lessons in Innovation
TheStreet.com  May 16  Comment 
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A person can't just sit down in front of a computer and expect to innovate. Innovation comes about in many ways and in response to many things -- real-world problems, conflicts, situations, complications or confrontations....
Strong demand for tobacco leads to increased plantings
Southeast Farm Press  May 16  Comment 
By Chris Bickers, Contributing Writer The market picture for this tobacco crop is bright, especially on the world market. read more
Smoke-Free Hotel Rooms Aren't, Study Finds (CME/CE)
MedPage Today  May 15  Comment 
(MedPage Today) -- Travelers who want to avoid exposure to tobacco pollutants may want to stay only in hotels that are completely smoke-free, given results of a study that found smoke byproducts in smoke-free rooms in mixed use hotels.
Kids Still Use Snuff, 'Chaw' (CME/CE)
MedPage Today  May 14  Comment 
(MedPage Today) -- More than a decade into the new century, teens and adolescents were as apt to use chewing tobacco and snuff as they were at its start, a national survey showed.
Congressional Repubs challenge FDA on deputy commissioner's exit
FiercePharma  May 14  Comment 
Just a few months after Leona Brenner-Gati was named Acting Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco to replace the outgoing Steven Spielberg, who served only a brief stint at the post, Brenner-Gati is gone as well.
Suspicious lawmakers query FDA's Hamburg on sudden departure of deputy commish
FierceBiotech  May 14  Comment 




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