tobacco

New regulations from the European Union aim to discourage young people from picking up smoking. New laws in the U.K. go even further.

New Laws In The U.K. And EU Further Restrict Tobacco Industry

10:50pm May 20, 2017

by Maggie Penman

An EU directive goes into force today, with new rules regulating the tobacco industry. The U.K. is going further: Cigarettes must now be sold in plain green packaging with graphic health warnings.

Economy

Reynolds American, Inc. Closer To Completing Acquisition By British American Tobacco

3:29pm April 05, 2017

by Sean Bueter

In a statement, Reynolds announced that it has cleared the second of two antitrust hurdles needed to complete its sale to British American Tobacco.

News

New Trial Scheduled In $23 Billion Case Against Reynolds Tobacco

3:18pm March 01, 2017

by Sean Bueter

A Florida court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit against Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. A lower court had originally awarded plaintiff Cynthia Robinson $23 billion.

Economy

Reynolds American Tobacco Part Of Larger U.S. Merger Trend

4:10pm January 19, 2017

by Keri Brown

There was some big news in the business world this week, when Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American announced that it

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Economy

British American Tobacco Agrees To Take Over Reynolds

9:46am January 17, 2017

by Danica Kirka, Associated Press

British American Tobacco Plc has agreed to fully take over Reynolds American Inc. in a deal that will create the world's largest publicly traded tobacco company.

In his new memoir, writer Greg Hens explores his relationship with cigarettes.

In 'Nicotine,' A Longtime Smoker Confronts His Old Habit

4:41pm January 13, 2017

by NPR Staff

Writer Gregor Hens doesn't smoke anymore, but he still thinks about it every day. He says he started writing his memoir as a way to deal with the longing.

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Economy

Debra Crew Takes Helm At Reynolds American

11:54am January 03, 2017

by Paul Garber

The new year is starting with new leadership for Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American International, the nation's second-largest tobacco company.

Doctors Say Parenting And Pot Smoking Don't Mix

3:36pm December 19, 2016

by Jane Greenhalgh

Babies exposed to marijuana smoke have metabolites of the drug in their urine, researchers say. They think that secondhand marijuana smoke will prove to be as dangerous as secondhand tobacco smoke.

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One more coffee, one more cigarette/One more morning, trying to forget — Van Morrison, You Just Can't Win.

It's Never Too Late To Quit Smoking, Even In Your 60s

2:10pm November 30, 2016

by Katherine Hobson

It's true that the earlier a smoker quits the better, but even people who quit in their 60s lowered their risk of death compared to those who kept puffing away.

Is marijuana a gateway drug to smoking cigarettes?

Will Legal Marijuana Lead To More People Smoking Tobacco?

3:16pm November 18, 2016

by Anna Gorman

California boasts one of the lowest rates of tobacco smoking in the nation. Researchers worry that pot smoking will lead the way to cigarette smoking.