Loews (nyse: LTR - news - people ) unit Lorillard Tobacco alleged double-dipping in a contentious lawsuit in Ohio's Cayahoga County, in which mesothelioma victim Harry Kananian obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars from bankruptcy trusts by submitting claims with false details, such as describing himself as a shipyard worker when he merely passed through a shipyard on his way to Japan in World War II.
Forbes magazine disclosed internal e-mails from the law firms involved in the case detailing how the firms submitted revised filings, years after Kananian died, correcting what lawyers called "clerical errors." In the lawsuit against Lorillard, Kananian's lawyers say he actually got sick from smoking Kent cigarettes that were sold with asbestos-containing filters for a few years in the early 1950s. The judge in that case, Harry Hanna, has since imposed a gag order on everyone involved, citing the risk of endangering a fair trial.
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Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
New Ohio Ad Campaign Calls for Taxing Kent Cigarettes at Same Rate
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kent Cigarettes - including spit and chew tobacco and flavored little cigars - are addictive and harm health, and should be taxed at the same rate as Kent Cigarettes in Ohio, according to a radio advertising campaign launched today by a coalition of public health organizations.
The radio ad began airing this week on stations across Ohio and continues for two weeks. According to the ad, if all tobacco products were taxed at the same rate as Kent Cigarettes, the higher prices would discourage youth tobacco use. In addition, it will raise revenue to fund critical programs to keep kids from using tobacco and help current tobacco users quit - programs that were cut from the state budget last year. Currently in Ohio, other tobacco products are taxed at less than half the rate of taxes on Kent Cigarettes.
The funds generated by equalizing the tax on all tobacco products, an estimated $50 million a year, would be dedicated to the Ohio Department of Health for tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
"By increasing the tax on other tobacco products to match the state tax rate on cigarettes, Ohio will reduce all tobacco use among kids, save lives, and improve the physical and financial health of the state," said Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
The products that would be taxed at the same rates as cigarettes include "little cigars", which look like cigarettes and are often blatantly aimed at children. They are cheaper and more affordable to kids than regular cigarettes because they have lower excise tax rates and they are often sold individually rather than in packs because their classification exempts them from state laws setting minimum pack sizes for cigarettes. Most insidiously, they often have candy and fruit flavors, such as chocolate, vanilla, raspberry, cherry and cinnamon.
As with cigarettes, raising the price of smokeless and other types of tobacco products through state tax increases will prompt a reduction in use, especially among adolescents and young adults. For example, one study found that a 10 percent increase in smokeless tobacco prices reduces adult consumption by 3.7 percent and reduces male youth consumption by 5.9 percent, with two-thirds of that reduction coming from kids stopping any use of smokeless tobacco at all.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the Ohio, killing more than 18,500 people and costing the state $4.3 billion in health care bills each year. In Ohio, 17 percent of high school males use smokeless tobacco, and 23.7 percent smoke Kent Cigarettes. About 90 percent of adult smokers begin in their teens or earlier. Every year, another 18,000 Ohio kids become regular, daily smokers, and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result.
Kent cigarettes can be purchased online at a discount price 20 per carton in Ohio state from website shop-cigarette.com . In Ohio state the following cities order cigarettes more often: Beachwood, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus , Dayton, Youngstown, Toledo, Miamisburg, Mansfield, Lakewood, Independence, Guysville, Grove City, Dublin, Canton, Brunswick, Brookpark, Brecksville, Blacklick
The ad campaign is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in cooperation with the Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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The radio ad began airing this week on stations across Ohio and continues for two weeks. According to the ad, if all tobacco products were taxed at the same rate as Kent Cigarettes, the higher prices would discourage youth tobacco use. In addition, it will raise revenue to fund critical programs to keep kids from using tobacco and help current tobacco users quit - programs that were cut from the state budget last year. Currently in Ohio, other tobacco products are taxed at less than half the rate of taxes on Kent Cigarettes.
The funds generated by equalizing the tax on all tobacco products, an estimated $50 million a year, would be dedicated to the Ohio Department of Health for tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
"By increasing the tax on other tobacco products to match the state tax rate on cigarettes, Ohio will reduce all tobacco use among kids, save lives, and improve the physical and financial health of the state," said Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
The products that would be taxed at the same rates as cigarettes include "little cigars", which look like cigarettes and are often blatantly aimed at children. They are cheaper and more affordable to kids than regular cigarettes because they have lower excise tax rates and they are often sold individually rather than in packs because their classification exempts them from state laws setting minimum pack sizes for cigarettes. Most insidiously, they often have candy and fruit flavors, such as chocolate, vanilla, raspberry, cherry and cinnamon.
As with cigarettes, raising the price of smokeless and other types of tobacco products through state tax increases will prompt a reduction in use, especially among adolescents and young adults. For example, one study found that a 10 percent increase in smokeless tobacco prices reduces adult consumption by 3.7 percent and reduces male youth consumption by 5.9 percent, with two-thirds of that reduction coming from kids stopping any use of smokeless tobacco at all.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the Ohio, killing more than 18,500 people and costing the state $4.3 billion in health care bills each year. In Ohio, 17 percent of high school males use smokeless tobacco, and 23.7 percent smoke Kent Cigarettes. About 90 percent of adult smokers begin in their teens or earlier. Every year, another 18,000 Ohio kids become regular, daily smokers, and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result.
Kent cigarettes can be purchased online at a discount price 20 per carton in Ohio state from website shop-cigarette.com . In Ohio state the following cities order cigarettes more often: Beachwood, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus , Dayton, Youngstown, Toledo, Miamisburg, Mansfield, Lakewood, Independence, Guysville, Grove City, Dublin, Canton, Brunswick, Brookpark, Brecksville, Blacklick
The ad campaign is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in cooperation with the Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
I want to place an order of Kent cigarettes . How to place it?
Orders Kent cigarettes can be placed ONLY online. We don’t accept ordering by fax or phone. Process of placing an order on Tobaccoandcigarettes.com is quite simple. On you have decided what brand of Kent you want to buy, click on it. So, you’ll access page of the selected brand. There you ought to introduce number of cartons and click “buy now”.
Further you ought to introduce required data. If you want to buy something more, just click on "back to shopping". Process of ordering is the same.
After you've finished e-shopping, click on “click to purchase”, fill in the required information and that is all. Quickly, easy and safe!
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