Strolling through the stylish streets of Le Marais, the trendiest neighborhood in Paris, reactions to the smoking ban ranged from pragmatic acceptance to nostalgic defiance
Don Burke, senior vice president of Pittsburgh-based Management Science Associates (MSA), points out that recent low gas prices have had a potentially negative effect on the category: MSA data shows loose tobacco shipments across tracked channels are down 10% in the first half of 2015, with cigarette tobacco declining 12% and pipe tobacco down 8% vs
Big Tobacco will petition for two things: declaratory relief, that is, a declaration or order that what the FDA issued is illegal, and equitable relief, that is, an injunction requiring withdrawal of the regulation, he said
There are also fears that some inconsiderate smokers may throw cigarette ends overboard and pollute the ocean