Tobacco companies evaded FDA ban on ‘light’ cigarette descriptors

New study from Harvard School of Public Health (HPSH) reveals that a year after the federal government approved a law prohibiting word descriptors such as “light,” “mild,” and “low” on cigarette packages, smokers can still without difficulty find their brands as tobacco companies added color-coding to “light” packs after the prohibition. These data indicate that

Philip Morris introduces price-marked variants of Marlboro cigarettes

One of the largest cigarette companies, Philip Morris, is to introduce price-marked variants of one of its premium cigarette brand in London and the South-East to be able to fight “overpricing” in some locations. Martin Inkster, the new managing director of Philip Morris UK & Ireland, stated that starting with December 2012, wholesalers in London