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The White House has missed its deadline to publish a rule banning menthol cigarettes, raising ire among public health advocates that the policy will be indefinitely delayed by election year politics. In an effort to force the administration to act, three anti-tobacco public health groups on Tuesday sued the Food and Drug Administration and its…

A long-awaited federal ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars remains in limbo, after the White House delayed finalizing a proposed rule until at least this month.

Linwood Scott III climbs two-story tobacco cropping machines with real agility and apparently no thought to falling. The sixth-generation tobacco farmer is proud of his machinery, upgraded 20 years ago and therefore relatively new. He delights in every tool and accoutrement of the cropping, curing, and baling process: every trailer, every sawed-off school bus that pulls those trailers, every conveyor belt, every one of his 200 small curing barns.Scott, in his early fifties, is from Lucama, North

Speakers urge Biden to release long-delayed final rule banning menthol-flavored tobacco products

Prime Minister Chris Luxon was sworn in on Monday — and strict anti-smoking laws are set to become a casualty of the compromises needed to form a governing coalition.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon was sworn in on Monday — and strict anti-smoking laws are set to become a casualty of the compromises needed to form a governing coalition.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon was sworn in on Monday — and strict anti-smoking laws are set to become a casualty of the compromises needed to form a governing coalition.

In an era in which far fewer Americans smoke - about 1 in 9 adults - tobacco growing is shrinking in Virginia and growers focus on the export market. Altrias Philip Morris USA plant still churns out billions of Marlboros in Richmond, as the company continues to develop smoke-free products.

In an era in which far fewer Americans smoke - about 1 in 9 adults - tobacco growing is shrinking in Virginia and growers focus on the export market. Altrias Philip Morris USA plant still churns out billions of Marlboros in Richmond, as the company continues to develop smoke-free products.

WILMINGTON — As the city continues to prioritize affordable housing and finding ways to incentivize some developers, it’s proposing a new ordinance that would…