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BOSTON, Jan 15- New research from Harvard University's School of Public Health and the non-profit Legacy Foundation found that graphic warnings on cigarette packets may help smokers who are trying to quit. In June, the Food and Drug Administration released nine new warnings that were to go into effect last September.
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Arizona and New Mexico also had high rates of smuggled cigarettes, at 54.4 percent and 53.0 percent, respectively, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., business-oriented tax research organization.
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*EPS 69 cents vs Wall St 75- cent view. The discount chain began selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, Pepsi drinks, gift cards, magazines and other merchandise in recent months to better compete against chains such as Dollar General Corp..
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*EPS 69 cents vs Wall St 75- cent view. Jan 3- Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday sending its shares tumbling 13 percent as its push to sell more everyday items including soft drinks and cigarettes attracted more customers but hurt profitability.
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Jan 3- Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as its emphasis on selling more everyday items such as cigarettes and soft drinks put pressure on margins.
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Jan 3- Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as its emphasis on selling more everyday items such as cigarettes and soft drinks put pressure on margins.
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*Settlement to release $4 billion in disputed payments to states. Cigarette makers, including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, on Tuesday announced a settlement with the states in a long-running dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 landmark anti-smoking agreement.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 19- The European Union proposed drastic restrictions on tobacco branding on Wednesday, saying cigarette packs should reflect the deadly threat posed by smoking.
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U.S. cigarette makers including Philip Morris U.S.A. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco said on Tuesday they reached a settlement with 17 states in a dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 anti-smoking agreement.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 17- The European Union's executive Commission is to propose larger health warnings on cigarette packets and a total ban on flavourings such as menthol, a draft revision of EU tobacco rules seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 17- The European Union's executive Commission will propose larger health warnings on cigarette packs and a ban on flavourings such as menthol, a draft revision of EU tobacco rules seen by Reuters on Monday showed.
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MOSCOW, Dec 14- Russia took a step towards clamping down on the tobacco industry on Friday as a bill to ban smoking in public spaces and to restrict tobacco sales sailed through its first reading in parliament.
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*Tough Australian anti-smoking laws come into force Dec. 1. SYDNEY, Nov 30- James Yu, who runs the King of the Pack tobacconist in central Sydney, is indignant about Australia's stringent anti-tobacco laws making manufacuters package cigarettes in drab olive green packs with pictures of ill babies and diseased body parts.
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Safer to own than to consume, tobacco stocks have earned enormous returns for investors during the euro zone crisis, mimicking the safe haven of the fixed-income markets sought by jittery investors.
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Edmund Shing, head of European equity strategy at Barclays Capital, tells CNBC, "Tobacco has been the best performing sector by a long way over the last ten years, so if you take a longer perspective the fact that over a few months it pauses, it is just a pause in a very long-term upward trend."
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Investors can probably expect solid gains for their 2012 stock portfolios. But the fortunes of individual sectors will also rise and fall in the years ahead, depending on which political party wins the White House in November.
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CNBC's Brian Shactman keeps an eye on tobacco stocks after a big win in the courtroom today.
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Rob Moodie, Professor of Public Health, University of Melbourne explains why he thinks that Australia's new anti-smoking law banning logos on cigarette packs is a good thing.
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CNBC found 122 companies in the S&P 500 that derive 100 percent of their revenue from the U.S., with CNBC's Brian Shactman; and Michael Ozanian, Forbes Magazine executive editor, and Zane Brown, Lord Abbett fixed income strategist, provide perspective on the U.S. economy.
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Imperial Tobacco, one of the world’s leading tobacco companies, offers significant growth prospects as well as being one of the most defensive areas in consumer staples, Olivier de La Ferrière, fund manager at KBL Richelieu Gestion, told CNBC.com.