In a 1-2 punch for Bulgarian tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, new foreign cigarette brands are set to enter the local market while some of the already popular import brands will become even cheaper. Cigarette importers regained pricing power at the beginning of 2007 after Bulgaria deregulated cigarette pricing. None of the cigarette makers is willing to reveal any market share or sales figures. The local representatives of the company refused to say if there are plans to increase the number...

State agricultural officials estimate about 159,000 acres of the crop are still being grown. Although tobacco is not as pervasive as it once was here in North Carolina fields, it's still a crop with a significant economic impact in the state. Although lawmakers killed the smoking bill this session, the fact that it lost so narrowly is another example of the way the influence of tobacco is waning in this state. And in North Carolina, even with talk of banning smoking in certain places, that...

Engaging children in a fun activity to allow for role playing and thinking can help them learn the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Lisa Fogelman, a prevention specialist for Valley Prevention Services, has spent many years using such methods to pound the message in to schoolchildren. Engaging children in a fun activity to allow for role playing and thinking can help them learn the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Lisa Fogelman, a prevention specialist for Valley Prevention...

Manufacturers of one of the c-store channel's biggest sellers have injected flavors into smokeless tobacco, cigars and even some cigarettes. But while c-store retailers continue to suffer from cigarette tax hikes and Internet sales, flavored tobacco is offering a bright spot in the category. In the past two years, tobacco companies introduced a number of new products and flavors, but smokeless and cigars have seen the greatest response. I think the traditional cigarette smoker is less...

About 25 tobacco growers gathered in a Simcoe park on Friday for a media event reacting to comments made this week by the director of communications for federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl, who said a straight buyout of growers is not being considered and that the government would work to transition farmers to other crops. About 25 tobacco growers gathered in a Simcoe park on Friday for a media event reacting to comments made this week by the director of communications for federal...