News tagged with tobacco regulation
Researchers call for a price cap on cigarette profits
An independent regulatory agency is needed to cap the excessive profits made by cigarette manufacturers, say researchers from the University of Bath.
Oct 05, 2010 |
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House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products
(AP) -- The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Nationwide adoption of NIST-developed test predicted to cut death toll due to cigarette-caused fires
In 2003, New York became the first state requiring cigarettes sold within its borders to pass a fire safety standard based on a test developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ...
May 30, 2012 |
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Deterring signals: Tobacco plants advertise their defensive readiness to attacking leafhoppers
Following herbivory, plants produce jasmonic acid, a hormone which activates several plant defense reactions. Scientists found that leafhoppers can evaluate whether tobacco plants are ready for defense when attacked. If jasmonate-signaling ...
May 23, 2012 |
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US to review online marketing of beer, liquor and wine
Twitter didn't exist the last time the Federal Trade Commission examined alcohol advertising, back in the last decade.
May 02, 2012 |
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Key lessons from history on alcohol taxes
Steep rises in taxes on alcohol do not necessarily reduce consumption, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into the history of intoxicants in 16th and 17th England.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 01, 2012 |
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Flies process attractive and deterrent odors in different brain areas
In collaboration with colleagues from Portugal and Spain, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have developed an apparatus that automatically applies odors to an airstream, ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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BP, plaintiffs focus on Gulf oil spill settlement
(AP) -- Nearly two years after his brother Gordon was killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, Chris Jones had planned to drive in from Baton Rouge with other relatives to attend the start of the ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Gulf oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks
(AP) -- A judge is pushing back the federal trial over the nation's worst offshore oil disaster by a week, saying Sunday that BP PLC was making some progress in settlement talks with a committee overseeing ...
Feb 26, 2012 |
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Study finds federal amendments increased gun sales diverted to criminals
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by Badger Guns & Ammo, a Milwaukee-area gun shop, increased dramatically ...
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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Gun traffickers exploit differences in state laws
Every state in America legislates its own gun laws, but not without significant spillover effects on nearby states, according to a new study by Brown University economist Brian Knight. In a National Bureau of Economic Research ...
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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Low oxygen triggers moth molt
A new explanation for one of nature's most mysterious processes, the transformation of caterpillars into moths or butterflies, might best be described as breathless.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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