Categories:
· Business
International:
· U.K.
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British American Tobacco cut at Credit Suisse |
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Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/,2010-03-09
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British American Tobacco was downgraded to neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse on Friday and the broker recommended investors switch into Imperial Tobacco . It downgraded BAT as it sees limited upside to its new target price of 2,350p following recent strong performance in the firm's shares. It raised 2010 and 2011 earnings per share forecasts for the firm by 4% mainly to reflect recent sterling weakness. "At current levels, we would favour Imperial and Philip Morris International, which should also deliver robust earnings growth in 2010 as pricing - the industry's main P&L lever - remains good," the broker said. >>
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Categories:
· Tax
International:
· USA
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Campaign pushes for higher NM tobacco tax |
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Source: http://www.insidebayarea.com/,2010-03-05
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A national campaign focused on keeping tobacco products out of children's hands is running a series of newspaper advertisements around New Mexico to encourage state lawmakers to consider increasing the tax on cigarettes.
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Categories:
· Tobacco control
International:
· Canada
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Victory for non-smoking condo couple in B.C. |
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Source: http://www.yourhome.ca/,2010-03-01
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A decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal late last year could have an enormous effect on owners and occupants of condominiums and rental apartments across Canada in the coming months.
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Categories:
· Business
International:
· USA
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Tobacco giants gang up to avoid $280bn payout |
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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/,2010-02-24
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Tobacco industry lawyers met secretly with Solicitor General Elena Kagan in an effort to avoid the government's last-ditch attempt to extract billions from companies that illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking.
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Categories:
· Health/Science
International:
· Canada
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Scientists want more safety studies on e-cigarettes |
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Source: http://www.canada.com/,2010-02-19
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Greek researchers called on Wednesday for more safety studies into electronic cigarettes, saying scientific knowledge of them was "very limited."
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