TERRADAILY The Latest Dirty Little Secret Of Terra Nullis by Staff Writers Seattle, WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2007 Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon. TERRADAILY The Latest Dirty Little Secret Of Terra Nullis by Staff Writers Seattle, WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2007 Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell...

Tobacco companies spent less money marketing and advertising their products in 2004 and 2005, after setting a record high in 2003, a federal agency said today. Most of the tobacco companies' promotional spending is in the form of price discounts to cigarette retailers and wholesalers to reduce the price of cigarettes to consumers, the FTC report said. The FTC has monitored cigarette sales and marketing trends in regular reports since 1967. The current bill may have better prospects for...

Despite the health problems associated with tobacco consumption and the lesser known hazards of the contraband product, the illegal market for cigarettes is growing in B. Massie says RCMP labs testing counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes seized in 2006 also found some stuffed entirely with tobacco stems -- like "pieces of wood. While smuggling contraband cigarettes rarely gets the kind of attention as the seemingly constant and highly profitable flow of illicit drugs across B. Myeon Woo Lim...

The local tobacco company might wish to emulate ITC, in view of the decline in the demand for tobacco, and utilise its set up and resources for alternative products. There is an urgent need to seriously explore the viability of commercial farming for the tourist industry in order to reduce the import bill and to provide alternative income in farming communities. Under Indian Government aid, two agricultural scientists with experience in commercial vegetable farming and the food...

John Baldacci originally proposed raising the state tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1, producing $66 million a year and bringing the per-pack tax to $3. Speakers touted a 75-cent-per-pack increase in Maine's cigarette tax as a way to avoid what they warned would be steep human services reductions. A couple of hundred critics of proposed cutbacks in health care programs turned out Thursday to voice their views and lobby legislators. Thursday's rally, which brought together advocates for...