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Is it illegal to mail cigarettes to someone?

from Florida to Illinois (yes, the person is of age). This is not a question of if smoking is bad for you and it’s not to save anyone money on taxes……my son is stationed out-of-state and is out of money (his check goes to his wife/child).

no my mom has been doing it for years. there is a limit. you can only send two cartons.

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Can you get a lip cancer from smoking cigarettes?

Somebody told me that I can get a lip cancer if I smoke too much, especially menthol cigarettes. Is it true?

My grandmother died of lip, mouth and throat cancer due to smoking. Not a pretty way to die. Does that answer your question?

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States cut funding for tobacco prevention programs by more than 15 percent in the past year, even though they’re receiving record amounts of money from tobacco taxes and from the 1998 state tobacco settlement, says a report released Wednesday.   “Fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs stop addiction before it starts, and improve the health of our nation’s communities. States must do better at funding programs that help reduce tobacco use and protect the health of children, 3,500 of whom try their first cigarette every day,” John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said in a news release.

“Despite their current budget challenges, the states lack excuses for failing to do more. They are collecting record amounts of Tobacco money, more of which should be used to fight the tobacco problem,” Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said in the release. “And there is overwhelming evidence that tobacco prevention programs not only reduce smoking and save lives, they also save money by reducing tobacco-related health-care costs. Those states that make short-sighted decisions to cut tobacco prevention will pay a steep price in lives and dollars.”

The American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are the other groups involved in the release of the report, “A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 11 Years Later.”

Among the findings:

* In the past year, states have cut funding for tobacco prevention by $103.4 million (15.4 percent). Including cuts approved last week, New York made the largest cut — $25.2 million (31 percent) — even though the state has a successful program that’s reduced smoking to well below the national rate. Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington are other states that have made large cuts to tobacco prevention programs.
* In fiscal year 2010, states will collect $25.1 billion in revenue from the tobacco settlement and from tobacco taxes, but will spend just 2.3 percent ($567.5 million) of that on tobacco prevention and cessation programs. Many states are expected to hike tobacco taxes next year.
* North Dakota is the only state that currently funds a tobacco prevention program at the level recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only nine states fund tobacco prevention at even half the CDC-recommended level, while 31 states and the District of Columbia provide less than one-quarter of the recommended funding.
* For every dollar states spend to discourage tobacco use, tobacco companies spend $20 to market their products. In total, tobacco companies spend $12.8 billion a year on marketing, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Decreases in smoking have slowed and even stalled in the United States, according to recent surveys. For example, the adult smoking rate in 2008 was 20.6 percent, compared with 20.9 percent in 2004, the CDC reported in November. While smoking among high school students has declined from a high of 36.4 percent in 1997, 20 percent of high school students still smoke and the rate of decline has slowed in recent years.

Along with calling for states to significantly increase funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs, the new report calls on Congress to ensure that health-care reform legislation provides adequate funding for anti-tobacco programs and makes it mandatory for Medicaid and other health insurance programs to cover medications and counseling for people trying to quit smoking.

“The inadequate funding of tobacco prevention and cessation programs is a powerful example of misplaced priorities in our nation’s health-care system,” Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in the news release. “We spend too much time on treating people after they get sick and too little on keeping them healthy in the first place. Investing more in proven tobacco prevention programs and policies, like smoke-free restaurants and workplaces, will help people lead healthier lives and reduce health-care costs.”

Tobacco use — the leading preventable cause of death in the United States — claims more than 400,000 lives and $96 billion in health-care dollars each year. Every day, another 1,000 children or teens become regular smokers and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result of their tobacco use.

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It happens to the biggest premium cigar aficionados out there: things start to get a little stale.

Not “stale” in the sense of dried-out. That can happen, of course, but it’s not likely to, if your humidor is set at the standard sixty-seven to seventy-four percent relative humidity range, and as long as the air temperature inside the box is between sixty-nine and seventy-four degrees. (It is, isn’t it?) No, this kind of stale has more to do with you than it does with the cigar. You feel like your premium cigar habit is in a bit of a rut, and you think it’s time to try something new.

Luckily, cigars come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and tastes, so if you’ve had enough of sweetish, almost-chocolaty oscuros you can move to the other end of the taste/color scale and try the pale-khaki-colored, dry, delightfully astringent tastes you’ll find there. If you’ve gotten into the habit of smoking long cigars that usually take around the same amount of time, every time, switch it up with some panatelas or cigarillos. If you’re in bad enough rut, it might even be time to make your own premium cigar sampler, going out of your way to pick cigars that don’t fit your usual taste profile.

But as above, so below: the premium cigar industry itself occasionally finds itself in the same sort of predicament. The standard shapes, sizes and tastes are already hitting their popularity plateau, and no one’s sure what the next breakthrough possibility is. At these times, makers of premium cigars often turn to one of the most reliable sources of business and cultural innovation: the past.

In the 1990s, when the premium cigar industry rebounded from a case of terminal stagnancy and even became, for the moment, somewhat trendy (while inspiring something of a late-1990s backlash as well), such a turn to the past for new ideas happened with the chocolaty, oily oscuro cigar mentioned above. These dark cigars occupy one extreme of the taste-color continuum–the informal rule by which light-colored, tan cigars are the driest and bitterest (features for which cigar aficionados prize them, as bitter hops make certain beers a once-in-a-lifetime experience), while, as cigar wrappers darken, the taste contained inside tends to get sweeter. The oscuro is like the bottom key on a piano, the lowest bass note on a guitar. It denotes how sweet and how dark a cigar can get.

But by the time of the so-called early 1990s “cigar boom,” oscuros were unpopular and very hard to find. This probably has more to do with an overall contraction in the market than with the oscuro itself, a kind of cigar that can be delightfully well-made as any other. With fewer people overall smoking cigars, flavors that had always been acquired tastes even among cigar fans were less likely to sell, and premium cigar makers stopped rolling them.
By the mid-1990s, though, you could find oscuros again–just as you can today, with the premium cigar industry continuing to function at a level far exceeding that of its 1991 state.

More recently, another nearly-extinct species of cigar has been recreated and is in the midst of repopulating cigar shops and online stores near you. The Salomon–a big cigar that comes in between perfectos and diademas in terms of its size–is tapered at both ends, and has always been popular in Cuba. Its unusual shape means that premium cigar makers have a difficult time finding rollers with the requisite talent and experience to make Salomons. But that hasn’t stopped La Flor Dominicana and Rocky Patel from adding new Salomon-sized models to their premium cigar lines–or from making quite an impression on taste-panelists and Cigar Aficionado (and other industry) reviewers alike.

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What would be some definitions, synonyms we use today and examples for these slang words?

dough
rep
weed (as in cigarette)

dough – cash money – bread – cheese – ends – greenbacks – dead presidents….

rep – reputation but not sure of any sysonyms

Weed – never heard it used as a cig but only as pot

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A tattered parchment was recently discovered stuffed inside a Southwark premium lager beer bottle at the northern end of Kangaroo Alley. After carbon dating for authenticity and extensive study by the top scientific minds available it is reasoned that these are the musings of a curmudgeon who smokes too much, drinks too much and spends way too much time napping on the sofa with his dog.

I don’t particularly enjoy parting with two Jackson’s and a Lincoln to fill up my gas tank but it is hilarious to hear folks complain about the high price of gasoline while standing in line at Starbucks eager to pay $4 for two ounces of coffee, some milk and foam.

Next time you are in Las Vegas debating whether you should drop $35 on a cigar consider this; the most expensive cigar is a limited edition Cohiba called the Behike, it equates out to $420 per stick.

The most expensive bottle of wine on record is a 1787 Chateau Lafite once belonging to Thomas Jefferson that sold at auction for $160,000. That is some expensive vinegar.

That $4 cup of coffee from Starbucks is beginning to look like a bargain.

Samuel Adams sells its limited edition Utopia beer for $100 per bottle; however a gentleman referred to simply as Mr. B. paid $2,595 for a beer in a Hong Kong bar. It was charged to his credit card and subsequently paid. I hope he at least got a kiss from the barmaid.

The current record holder for the most expensive painting is Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’ which sold for $82 million.

Still fretting over whether you should buy or lease your next motorcar, perhaps I can interest you in a 1967 Ferrari P4 for a cool $15 million? Sorry, CD player not included.

If you are more of the sea-faring type then perhaps you should consider the Annaliesse, a 280 foot mega cruise ship; it can be yours for a mere $103 million and is considered the most expensive private yacht.

Forget flying the friendly skies, own them in your very own $260 million FA-22 Raptor. Arguably the world’s most expensive jet.

Well, my cigar is spent and I can see the bottom of the glass. Where’s Max? I feel a nap coming on.

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I have many addictions, most of which are socially acceptable. How can I beat these addictions?

I have many addictions, most of which are socially acceptable (technologies like the internet and television, sugar, cigarettes etc.), but I feel controlled by them and want to be able to be happy living life without them. One example is that I have been brought up having access to the internet and television 24/7. I very rarely read books, even though I find many books that interest me and sometimes purchase them but never get around to reading them. I spend hours reading online (blogs, newspapers, wiki, magazines etc.) and watch documentaries almost daily, but I cannot engage with a book because (i feel) it doesn’t stimulate my brain enough.

Know that God can help you live a better life if you want Him to help you. You can have a personal relationship with God by saying the prayer below. God is our Creator, all-knowing, all-powerful, eternal, holy, love. God loves us and sent us His Son, Jesus Christ, so we can go to heaven if we know and follow Him. Forever means without end — time on and on without death. Forever is what happens after we die. Either we go to heaven and be with God forever, or we go to hell which is very bad and painful forever. The good people who are saved believers in Jesus Christ go to heaven. The bad people go to hell. We need to know and follow God in this world to get to heaven in the next world. We follow God by loving and obeying Him and loving others for Him. Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is our bridge to God. Jesus died on the cross to cancel our sins. We need to accept Jesus into our life as our Lord and Savior forever to receive God’s blessing and forgiveness plus go to heaven to be with God forever after we die. This is about being a born-again Christian. Faith in God is a gift from God. You can pray for faith in God. Just speak out and ask God for the faith to believe in Him and to follow Him. Some people find faith in God when they realize the beauty in the world is made by God. Evolution can’t explain the world’s natural beauty, for example, the parks in the world, animals, flowers, peacocks, sunsets, butterflies, rainbows, etc. After you have your faith on, you can pray a sinner’s prayer to be a born-again Christian. This prayer is very important and should be said with a sincere heart and faith in God. This is the prayer: “Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and that Jesus Christ is the sacrifice for our sins. I have done the following sins (state these out) and I pray to discontinue these sins. I pray to receive Jesus Christ into my life as my Lord and Savior forever. In Jesus’ name, amen.” I’m Lutheran and I like the Baptist churches too. You could check out a Christian church and also see about their weekly Bible study group as a good way to learn about God’s will for your life. You can pray to God about your daily life and have a Christian church pray for you.

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Why is it illegal to sell single cigarettes?

50 cents each…@ a store.

“looseys” as they are usually called are sold to bums or poor people who cant afford an entire pack for as much as a 1.00-1.25…

you make 20.00-30.00
even at 50 cents you make 10.00

you can sell them for what ever you want.. while paying a fixed tax..

the tobacco company would probablly have to package them.. and label them.. inorder to apply a proper tax for each unit.. (Like a cigar)

just a guess.. i dont know if it answers your question

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Cigarettes in today’s life play a very important role. Cigarettes have their own History, Culture, Industry , and they will always have customers, this is something without what people can’t live.Tobacco is used by million of people allover the world. Now Tobacco industry is very developed, a lot of the country have their own Tobacco industry, culture. In today’s life people can get cigarettes without a hitch, you can buy it from internet, and they will bring it right to your home. But how it was on the beginning?

Native Americans used tobacco before Europeans arrived in North & South America, and early European settlers in North & South America learned to smoke and brought the practice back to Europe, where it became hugely popular. In 1609, John Rolfe arrived at the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. He is credited as the first man to successfully raise tobacco for commercial use at Jamestown.

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in genus Nicotine. It is commercially available in dried and cured forms and is often smoked.

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it is farmed on all continents except Antarctica.

Tobacco is a commodity product similar in economic terms to foodstuffs in that the price is set by the fact that crop yields vary depending on local weather conditions. The price varies by specific species grown, the total quantity on the market ready for sale, the area where it was grown, the health of the plants, and other characteristics individual to product quality.

Now in the world are millions of cigarettes company, but most popular are the Cheapest one, the price is perfect and the quality is not worse that expensive cigarettes.

This industry is heavily dominated by giant firms and state-owned tobacco monopolies.

Since the introduction of tobacco to the world at large in the 1500s, a smoking culture has built around it, and is evident in many parts of the world to this day.

Some people have an attraction to the glamorous aspect of smoking, and there are those who believe that done in moderation, smoking can enhance their allure. Historically considered a masculine habit, the feminization of smoking occurred with the advent of fashion brands or premium brands of cigarettes specifically marketed to appeal to women, who might see the use of these brands as a way to increase their sexual appeal. Most often this effort is focused on young fashion-conscious professional ladies who are the target demographic for these brands, which are differentiated by slimness, added length, and occasionally color, over traditional brands of cigarettes. As smoking was once a fairly integral part of society, this attraction cannot in all senses be considered a fetish or perihelia.

The cigarettes have also avail, like:

1) Cigarettes take off the stress, pressure, tension

2) If you remark most of the photo model, fashion people smoke, cigarettes also fight with your weight.

Buying cheap discount cigarettes is no more a taboo following recent hikes in taxes hitting all that who smokes. Regardless of brand of cigarettes, it sure must have burnt a hole in your pocket, making everyone wish those tax free days were back.

Online sale of Cheap Cigarettes at discount price has come to rescue smokers so much that despite selling at cheap prices the websites are still making profits in millions. The usual reservations about the freshness of cigarettes, privacy of your personal details have long been overwhelmed by the genuineness of crisp packs that are delivered to you. Adherence to privacy, tax and age related legalities by online cheap cigarette sellers in addition to secure transaction are what made them popular for buying cigarettes cheap.

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Upsurge In Real Estate Sector Prompts Bombay Dyeing, Century Textiles & Golden Tobacco To Develop Property

The revival of fortunes in the real estate sector has encouraged textile companies with huge land banks to foray into property development. Among such companies are textiles major Bombay Dyeing and Century Textiles. To date, most of the textile firms sold their land to developers.

Golden Tobacco, manufacturer of the Panama and Chancellor Cigarette brands, is also mulling to have its real estate arm to utilize its land assets across the country.

Earlier, groups like Tata, Mahindra and Godrej also entered the realty space. The Tata group has Tata Housing and Tata Realty while Mahindra’s venture is called Mahindra Life space Developers. Godrej’s venture goes by the name of Godrej Properties.

Nusli Wadia, Bombay Dyeing’s chairman, at the recent annual general meeting (AGM) said the progress on the real estate business was encouraging. Later, he told ET, “We have a land bank of 64 acres in Mumbai and we will develop this in a phased manner. The plan is to develop the land ourselves without involving a developer. We do not intend putting our land on the block.” Bombay Dyeing’s property is situated in central Mumbai. The real estate business for the company clocked revenues of over Rs 250 crore for FY 09. Apartments have been developed in Worli and Lower Parel.

Bombay Dyeing does not have a separate company in place for the realty foray. The company spokesperson declined to comment on the possibility of floating a real estate company.

BK Birla Group’s Century Textiles, which has a land bank of around 20 acres in Worli, will be the other company to enter the real estate space. “The company is considering real estate development and there could be some concrete development in the next couple of months,” said Century Textiles president RK Dalmia.

Meanwhile, Golden Tobacco, a Sanjay Dalmia group company, is also mulling the option of having a separate real estate arm. The company has land in many parts of India. Its 7.5-acre property in Mumbai was intended to be developed with a real estate company. However, it is learnt that Golden Tobacco will now go alone on this project. “We are looking to optimize our real estate resources and would do the needful in that regard,” said the company’s spokesperson.

Said Amber Maheshwari, director, investments, DTZ, an international property consultant, “The sector is looking better by the day and it is a good thing that corporates are venturing into it. This would not only improve the domestic framework but also bring in some good corporate governance practices. There will be more supply of land.” It is estimated that if the plans of these companies fructify, land worth $1.5 billion will come in as fresh supply.

Courtesy:- ET dt:- 16-09-09

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