The tax went from 99 cents per pack to nearly $3, a move designed to discourage smoking and raise state revenue.

Currently, Altria Group trades for around 10.4 times forward earnings. This forward P/E is well below that of Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), at 18.5 times forward earnings, so it may make ...

Millions of people will drive this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. If you’re one of them, experts urge you to shop around to save money on gas. On Tuesday, the cheapest gas in King County was at ...

Smoking is just one of many vices Reeves is rumoured to be targeting in the Budget next Wednesday - read below to see how else YOU could be affected SMOKERS could soon pay £17.66 for a box of fags if ...

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As few as two cigarettes daily led to a 60% increased risk of death. Just 100 cigarettes over the course of someone's life may be enough to raise their risk of heart disease and death, a new study ...

Mamdani said in an interview on Nov. 4, 2025, on Hot 97, a New York City-based radio station, that the city-run grocery stores he was proposing would not sell cigarettes or lottery tickets. However ..

New York City has the highest cigarette taxes in the nation, but Rutgers Health research indicates that many smokers illegally avoid them. Most cigarette packs littered on city streets came from ...

Living in LA, I’ve noticed a curious pattern unfold on the rare nights I go out: a few drinks in, one of my friends will usually pull out a pack of cigarettes. “It’s just a drunk cig,” they say ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A pack of cigarettes in Laos costs as little as 32 U.S. cents, thanks to a secret deal between the Lao ...

Some disposable e-cigarettes, including vape pods, have alarmingly high levels of toxic metals in their vapor, found a UC Davis study. The items are especially popular with young adults and teens.