U.S. Tobacco de Mexico Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Nery?s USA for All Its Imported Tobacco Products

U.S. Tobacco de Mexico announced today it has entered an exclusive Distribution Agreement with Nery’s USA, Inc to distribute its products in Mexico. Nery’s USA, a distributor of consumer products and foodservice provider in Mexico has five distribution centers strategically located throughout the country.

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President Obama Quits Smoking Again. Will This Time be for Good?

The White House Press Conference took an unexpected turn yesterday when reporters asked about the First Lady’s claim that the President has been smoke free for a year. Reporters wanted to know if her report was true.

According to a wide number of press reports, the President has tried to quit smoking several times before. Each time has ended in failure as he has been repeatedly photographed with cigarettes in his hand.

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Kretek: The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia’s Clove Cigarettes

Kretek. The word is unknown to most people outside Indonesia but anyone who has traveled through the archipelago will surely recall its unmistakable scent. Similarly, Indonesians who have ventured far beyond the borders of their native land find powerful memories of home thrust to the forefront of their minds whenever they catch a whiff of this blend of tobbaco and cloves.

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New Smoker Data File Lights Up Sales

Vente, Inc., a rapidly growing compiler of self reported data has released the file Smoker Responders’™ which contain the industry’’s most comprehensive database of self-reported tobacco users, compiled from online surveys, direct response e-mail marketing and consumers visiting Vente web sites.

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Slave to The Smoke : How To Quit Smoking For Good

We are all too well aware of how costly cigarette addiction is for those who are seemingly trapped by the twisting curls of smoke rising from the little white sticks. Aside from the financial cost of cigarette addiction, which can easily add up to thousands of dollars a year, the severe health problems associated with smoking, such as cancer and heart attacks, should deter smokers from lighting up. The reality however is much different. Smoking cigarettes remains the third leading cause of death in the United States. But why is kicking the nicotine habit so difficult despite its glaringly harmful consequences? Could it be that the true reason behind cigarette addiction dwells deep within the subconscious mind?

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The Last Cigarette – Memoir & Manual Goes On Sale This Week

The Last Cigarette – Memoir & Manual by author and 16-year nicotine addict Cece Serrant is a hilarious and shockingly honest portrait of a smoker forced to give up the habit in order to keep climbing the corporate ladder – and the strategy she used to quit.

There are about 26 million adult smokers living in the US today – about 31.5% of those smokers live below the poverty line and about 19.6% live above it. The past few decades have seen a decline in cigarette smoking among all sociodemographic groups and every year 30% to 40% of smokers try to quit, but chances of being successful without help are only 4% to 5%.

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In a win for tobacco companies, judge rules against Worcester ban on cigarette advertising

In a victory for three of the nation’s biggest tobacco companies, a federal court judge has ruled that a Worcester ordinance dramatically limiting advertising for tobacco products is unconstitutional.

Under the regulation – which was approved by city officials last May, but not yet enforced – stores would be prohibited from advertising specific cigarette brands, such as Marlboro or Camel, on signs visible from the street. Signs could only note that the stores sold cigarettes. Worcester officials said the cigarette promotions were contributing to a high incidence of tobacco use in the city, where nearly 20 percent of adults smoke, compared with 14 percent statewide.
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IPCPR Joins Missouri Tobacconists Against Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase – Again

Any tax increase on cigarettes would unfairly target the middle class and these are not times for tax increases, according to the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR). The group is supporting local small businesses and tobacconists against the proposed 2012 ballot initiative that would more than quintuple Missouri’s state cigarette tax by raising it 80 cents per pack.

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All-New Zero Nicotine Quit-Smoking Patch Reduces Cravings, Withdrawal

The new Zero Nicotine quit-smoking patch provides a nicotine substitute to help people kick the habit without using nicotine patches or gum.

There are three major factors that keep smokers from quitting: nicotine addiction, withdrawal symptoms, and nicotine intoxication. Zero Nicotine attacks all three of these factors using a blend of 17 different herbs.

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Auto Dealers and Detailers Can Remove Cigarette and Other Odors Safely and Easily with ClO2

A solution for removing the most stubborn of odors, which get trapped and linger in the small confined spaces of cars is finally available via an innovative new Chlorine Dioxide delivery system, brought to you by Biocide Systems.

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