Tobacco

Nova Scotia

Illegal cigarette seizures are up in N.S. while tobacco tax revenues drop

Nova Scotia tobacco enforcement officers made significant strides in combating the illegal cigarette trade last year, seizing a record number…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. to receive $809M from settlement with tobacco companies

Nova Scotia to Receive $809 Million from Tobacco Companies for Health Care Costs The Nova Scotia government is set to…

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Health

Ontario court approves major $32.5B tobacco settlement

A historic deal has been finalized in Ontario, marking the end of a long legal battle involving three major tobacco…

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US Election 2024

Attorney General Pam Bondi terminates Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms chief legal counsel Pamela Hicks in latest DOJ shakeup

The recent firing of Pamela Hicks, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ (ATF) chief legal counsel by Attorney General…

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Nova Scotia

Millbrook First Nation councillor acquitted of illegal tobacco charges

A well-known First Nation councillor in Nova Scotia has been acquitted of charges related to the 2022 seizure of a…

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US Election 2024

Lawmaker who lost son to suicide warns Senate that ‘big tech is the big tobacco of this generation’

South Carolina House Rep. Brandon Guffey shared heart-wrenching testimony during Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Children’s Safety in the…

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Health

Tobacco giants’ creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal for health-care costs, recompense to smokers

A landmark deal that could see three major tobacco companies pay out billions to provinces, territories, and smokers across Canada…

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Health

Tobacco firm opposes proposed $32.5B settlement with provinces, smokers, court documents say

One of three major tobacco companies involved in years of negotiations with creditors says it opposes the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement…

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Health

How the proposed deal between provinces, smokers and tobacco companies would work

A plan for Canada’s three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the…

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Canada

Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in ‘historic’ proposed deal

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion…

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