New Bill: Illegal for chefs to use salt in New York restaurants? The Examiner | A new bill was introduced on March 5, 2010 by State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz that will ban the use of salt in New York restaurants. | The bill A10129 states: | “No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by cust...
EU court rules minimum price for cigarettes illegal The Star | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Court of Justice has ruled that France, Austria and Ireland are breaking EU law by imposing a minimum price on cigarettes, dismissing the defence that such measures protect public health. | The European Commission or EU executive had taken the countries to court f...
New Bill: Illegal for chefs to use salt in New York restaurants? The Examiner | A new bill was introduced on March 5, 2010 by State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz that will ban the use of salt in New York restaurants. | The bill A10129 states: | “No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in t...
City Tries to Shut Club It Says Flouts Smoking Ban The New York Times | The Bloomberg administration is moving closer to shutting one of the largest and busiest nightclubs in the city, as part of an aggressive new strategy to revoke the operating licenses of clubs that health officials believe promote smoking. Christia...
Call for lighter tax regime The Times | It is as familiar a springtime ritual as the Cheltenham Festival and gridlocked Easter traffic, but this year the tobacco industry is hoping that its annual appeal for leniency from the Chancellor in his Budget may, for once, not fall on deaf ears....
China issues shocking U.S. Human Rights Record report The Examiner | Human Rights Day 2009 in US was a day to weep (video) | (video) Human Rights int'l conf in jazzy New Orleans call for registration | Ask Senate for Domestic Human Rights hearing: 24-hour deadline | U.S. racial discrimination against 150mil people b...
Capital Notes The Columbus Dispatch | Brunner delegates duties to aide during campaign | | Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, who is running in the May 4 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, has formally delegated certain duties to an assistant "to avoid any con...
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Illegal tobacco sales to Ind. teens hit new low The Examiner Comments BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Map, News) - A new report says the number of Indiana teenagers who were able to illegally buy tobacco products from Hoosier retailers hit an all-time lo...
Solons hit Swiss firm on tobacco smuggle claim The Daily Tribune | 02/25/2010 | Key members of the powerful House ways and means committee lambasted officials of Swiss firm Sicpa Product Security SA (Sicpa) for claiming that it could prevent the...
Djukanovic Confirms Plans for Eventual Withdrawal Balkan Insight Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has confirmed his earlier plans to withdraw from his post, but he did not specify the date when such a withdrawal might happen. | In an interview with TV Montenegro on Tuesday, Djukanovic denied that the wit...
Cigarette smuggler guilty of trying to hire hitman The Examiner Comments ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Map, News) - A Fairfax man at the center of a massive cigarette-smuggling ring pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to hire a hitman to murder someone he thought had stolen from him. | The plea in U.S. District Court from Xi...
Senecas react to cigarette trafficking leg The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | The responded Friday to a vote in the approvi...
Parkinson signs Kansas smoking ban Business Journal Print Reprints RSS Feeds LinkedIn Share Comments Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Report advocates $1 cigarette tax hike Kansas and Missouri offici...
