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Tobacco conference to weigh up stubbing out cigarette butts
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» GENEVA - Next week's global conference on tobacco control will consider what to do about the sheer volume of cigarette butts trashing the planet, with some recommending banning them completely.
$9.5 bn of key metals in overlooked electronic waste: UN
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PARIS - Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion every year, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Juul agrees to pay $438 mn in US over marketing vapes to youth
AFP, Published on 07/09/2022
» NEW YORK - Juul Labs will pay $438.5 million to settle a probe by 34 US states that found the vaping company marketed to underage smokers, state officials announced Tuesday.
US orders all Juul vaping products off the market
AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was ordering all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the former industry leader had failed to address certain safety concerns.
US seeks to drastically cut nicotine content in cigarettes
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
11 firefighters injured in Los Angeles battling blaze
AFP, Published on 17/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Eleven firefighters were injured, three of them critically, in downtown Los Angeles when a fire in a commercial smoke shop sparked a major explosion and spread to nearby structures on Saturday evening, officials said.
US trade watchdog sues over $13 bn Altria-Juul vaping deal
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» NEW YORK - The US trade watchdog said Wednesday it had sued Altria and Juul over a $12.8 billion e-cigarette deal which allegedly breached antitrust laws.
Cannabis lobby warns against smoking due to coronavirus
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - To avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, marijuana smokers should avoid sharing joints and should favor edible products, US cannabis industry figures said Wednesday.
US announces partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes
AFP, Published on 03/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US government announced Thursday it was banning most flavored e-cigarettes in a bid to curb the rising tide of youth vaping, but under industry pressure it stopped short of the full ban promised in September by the White House.
Bloomberg flirts with White House bid in challenge to Biden
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» CONCORD (UNITED STATES) - Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was positioning himself Friday to enter the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up a potential showdown with fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden as the leading centrist candidate.