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The "Bidi Buzz" Continues

Bidis are small, but federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials reported they release three to five times more tar and nicotine than regular cigarette s ...
For the first time this fall, the Memphis researchers will include bidis in the list of ...
The National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids reported that bidi smoke also contains elevated levels of ammonia and carbon monoxide ...

MN Web Tobacco Buyers Owe State Taxes

The GAO report predicted that by 2005, Internet cigarette s sales would climb to $5 billion nationally and that states would be losing about$1 ...
State and federal officials acknowledge that some sellers, perhaps many, will continue to defy the law ...
This not only deprives the state of revenue, but it hurts our legitimate Minnesota businesses who are complying with the law ...

Bidis Prove To Be A Serious Health Threat

Its best enforcement tool is a 1949 federal law called the Jenkins Act ...
A 1996 report by Human Rights Watch found that children were working at least 10 hours a day, six days a week, to make them for the domestic Indian market ...
The state can't force out-of-state sellers to collect and forward taxes ...
Violation of the law is only a misdemeanor, and government prosecutors have focused mostly on bigger crimes ...

Flavored cigs harmful

Our activity has picked up,'' said George Hoyum, director of the Minnesota Revenue Department's Special Taxes Division ...
Requests Regulation of Bidi Cigarette s Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has filed a legal petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the FTC to halt the unfair and deceptive trade practices surrounding bidi cigarette s ...
Bidis have been shown to contain even greater amounts of tar and nicotine then regular U ...
Bidis (pronounced beedies), with their arresting aromas and frequently lower prices, have become the latest smoking fad among teens and young adults, first in San Diego and Los Angeles and now Atlanta, Boston and other major cities ...
Bidi sellers, aware of the misconceptions of their customers regarding the health risks of bidis, have made no attempt to correct the deceptive impressions in callous disregard for the bidi smokers health ...

AG TALKS: Small Firms Create a Problem

The state of Minnesota never told (the seller) to stop delivering, and they let it (the tax liability) build up ...
But the group found no evidence that child labor was involved in the production of bidis exported to the United States ...
This year, Mac and Steven Bailey, working out of the converted red brick schoolhouse where Mac went to elementary school, expect to sell 190 million Bailey's cigarette s in six states, charging just over half what Marlboro does for a pack ...

Black Market Cigarettes in NY

But smoker advocates say black-market sales will only grow in New York, where a tax hike has pushed cigarette s to $7 ...
State officials acknowledge that the scale of disclosure will vary widely ...
For the first time this fall, the Memphis researchers will include bidis in the list of ...

Latest Report on Bibi Cigarettes, from the MMWR

com and that he'd better calculate the state taxes he owed and pay them ...
Of those 642 participants whose self-reported grade was seven through 12 (Table 1), 342 (55%) girls and 282 (45%) boys completed surveys (18 respondents did not report sex); 341 (53%) were surveyed in schools and ...
State officials say the industry apparently has no national association or spokesperson ...
Bidis have been shown to contain even greater amounts of tar and nicotine then regular U ...

Bidis Draw Scrutiny of Lawmakers Nationwide

Kretek is selling about 300,000 cartons of bidis each year, 10 times as many as three years ago but still a small fraction of the company's total tobacco sales, according to Ulizio ...
And especially worrisome to health officials is the obvious attempt to attract young smokers; the cigarette s come in sprightly flavors such as watermelon, cherry and vanilla ...
Violation of the law is only a misdemeanor, and government prosecutors have focused mostly on bigger crimes ...
Current bidi users were defined as having these data indicate that of 642 youth surveyed, 40% had smoked bidis at least once during their lifetimes and 16 ...
com Web site now has a notice at the top of its main page advising that it won't even deliver to California addresses ...

Iowa Sues Small Non-MSA Cigarette Manufacturers

In some states, United Parcel Service and other carriers have quit delivering tobacco products to recipients other than licensed dealers or wholesalers ...
Already, investigations are ongoing into the alleged use of forced child labor to produce bidis in India, the smuggling of bidis into the U ...
Bidis have been determined to be carcinogenic and a cause of cardiovascular disease ...
Iowa wants $406 in escrow and $1,218 in fines for 37,800 cigarette s the state says were sold in 1999 and 2000 ...

Young Native Americans Against Smoking

Some bidi sellers aware of the misconceptions of their customers regarding the health risks of bidis, make no attempt to correct the deceptive impressions, in callous disregard for the bidi smokers health ...
The state never delivered its legal claim to the company because it's becoming so costly it wasn't worth the effort, Stanley said ...
Gail Carnal, a Cherokee Indian from the Jacksonville area, started smoking at 13 and didn't stop until she was hospitalized at ...
In some states, United Parcel Service and other carriers have quit delivering tobacco products to recipients other than licensed dealers or wholesalers ...