Sentences with phrase «tobacco giant»

This is Boehner's second major foray into a «vice» industry — in the fall of 2016, Boehner (a notorious cigarette smoker) joined the board of tobacco giant Reynolds American, which makes popular cigarette brands like Camel, Newport, and Pall Mall.

Philip Morris (PM)- Even though the price has rebounded a bit since my last Buy List post, the international tobacco giant continues to trade well below its 52 week highs and currently yields 4.5 % at today's levels.

The company, a subsidiary of tobacco giant Altria, sells the brands Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal and Husky.

«I can see no reason why depriving someone of his proprietary interest in a trade mark for a tobacco product (however much it may be in the public interest to do so) should be different in principle from any other deprivation in which compensation is required,» legal opinion by Lord Hoffmann provided for the consultation by tobacco giant Philip Morris said.

The defeat was blamed on heavy lobbying by tobacco giants against the measure; the companies reportedly dropped a hefty $ 12 million on the effort, outspending supporters by a four - to - one - margin.

Similar to Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot - measure committee, Gray has used the second campaign account to accept larger campaign checks from special - interest groups and big corporations that lobby the Legislature, including $ 35,000 from the California Independent Petroleum Association, $ 25,000 from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and $ 15,000 from tobacco giant Philip Morris.

The US firms are working opposite Cravath Swaine & Moore and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), which have been advising BAT on the deal since last autumn, when the London - listed tobacco giant first outlined plans for the deal.

Dr. Fred Seitz, listed as a member of the Friends of Science at the inaugural oil industry funded Ottawa kick - off, has admitted to helping tobacco giant RJ Reynolds spread out million of dollars in health research grants during the 1970's and 80's.

Spielman didn't see much runway for tobacco giants in the long term, either.

This week, when tobacco giant Philip Morris International hosts it annual shareholders» meeting in New York, the company will honor outgoing CEO Louis Camilleri for his years of service.

For example, in the years 2011 and 2012 one firms represented tobacco giant Altria (formerly Philip Morris) as well as Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

In The Future for Investors, Jeremy Siegel pointed out that slow - growth companies (or even negative growth) companies can make fantastic investments, and he used tobacco giant Altria (NYSE: $ MO) as an example.

In the 1990s, American elected officials worked hard to help American tobacco giants expand global markets for cigarettes even as the United States clamped down on the industry at home.

The case had attracted widespread international attention because it pitted the sovereign right of Uruguay to protect the health of its 3.5 million people against the commercial interests of tobacco giant PMI.

The case argued before before the high court this week, Altria Group v. Good, raises the question of whether smokers» state - law claims against tobacco giant Phillip Morris are preempted by federal law.

The London - listed tobacco giant has outlined plans for a merger with Reynolds American, the owner of Camel cigarettes, by purchasing the remaining 57 % of the US company it does not already own.

But this tobacco giant will no longer allow the use of cigarettes, cigars or pipes inside conference rooms, offices or elevators.

Although the foundation is supposedly independent, the tobacco giant is so far its only contributor.

It is now revealed that the strategy of the tobacco giants is premised upon the finding that younger people have, on average, a longer future than older people.

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The tobacco giant had agreed to fund a study on cigarette smuggling that had obvious public health importance, and the lead researcher, law professor John Vervaele, would enjoy complete academic freedom.

There's no way for us to know how much Mann and co-writer Eric Roth's portrait of Wigand — a research scientist with a troubled personal history who had just been fired by the tobacco giant Brown & Williamson when Bergman discovered him — is based on fact and how much on fancy.

Dr. Fred Singer and the International Centre for Scientific Ecology consented to the tobacco giant Philip Morris» use of the Heidelberg Appeal to draw support to its European branch of The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC)-- TASSC Europe.

Heartland also continues to collect money from Philip Morris parent company Altria as well as from the tobacco giant Reynolds American, while maintaining ongoing advocacy against policies related to smoking and health.

The product being marketed is a brand of e-cigarette called «Vype» and the company behind the campaign is a subsidiary of the tobacco giant British American Tobacco (BAT).

Two tobacco giants and 11 retailers have been accused of unlawfully fixing the prices of cigarettes by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Tobacco litigation first gained traction with juries and judges when it became clear that tobacco giants had known about the risks of cigarettes and had supressed the science, funding public misinformation that is similar (and often involved the same people) to climate denial campaigns.